VIKING


Meaning of VIKING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvī-kiŋ ]

noun

Etymology: Old Norse vīkingr

Date: 1807

1.

a. : one of the pirate Norsemen plundering the coasts of Europe in the 8th to 10th centuries

b. not capitalized : sea rover

2. : Scandinavian

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