viking

viking (plural vikings)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

• Kinvig

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪkɪŋk]

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viking m anim

1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr m. Used since 17th century.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)

1. Viking

• “viking” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse víking (fem.).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

viking

1. Viking sea journey, Viking raid

• IPA^(key): /vi.kiŋ/

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viking (plural vikings)

1. Relating to the Vikings

• “viking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish and Danish (see Swedish viking).

IPA^(key): /²ʋiːkiŋ/

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

1. a Viking

• vikingskip
• vikingtid

• “viking” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ], [²ʋiː.çɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ, -iːçɪŋ

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish (see Swedish viking) and Danish (see Danish viking).

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

1. a Viking

• vikingskip
• vikingtid

• Viking (“male given name”)

From Old Norse víking.

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

1. (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy

   fara i viking ― go on a voyage (to raid)

From vik (“bay”).

• IPA^(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ]

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

1. an inhabitant of a bay (vik) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)

From vika (“to yield, give away”) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (“aliasing”)

• vikning (Bokmål also)

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

1. a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)

• avvik

• “viking” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

1. Alternative form of víquingue

viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

1. Alternative form of víquingue

Borrowed from French viking. Doublet of viteaz.

viking m (plural vikingi)

1. Viking

viking m (plural vikings)

1. Alternative form of vikingo

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. In modern context was first used by Verelius and Rugman in 17th century. Made popular by Esaias Tegner in 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /²viːˌkɪŋ/

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viking c

1. a Viking
2. (dated) a Viking expedition (for example to raid)

   Synonym: vikingatåg

   fara i viking

   go on a Viking expedition (idiomatic)

• Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

• vikingaanda
• vikingablod
• vikingaborg
• vikingafartyg
• vikingafärd
• vikingaskepp
• vikingatid
• vikingatida
• vikingatåg

• viking in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• viking in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• viking in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• knivig