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Runestone raised in memory of Gunnarr by Tóki the Viking. [17] The etymology of the word Viking has been much debated by academics, with many origin theories being proposed. [18] [19] One theory suggests that the word's origin is from the Old English wicing 'settlement' and the Old Frisian wizing, attested almost 300 years prior. [20]
a descriptive phrase used in Germanic poetry, a modern learned word from Old Norse kenning in a special sense. [152] kick Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse kikn (="bend backwards, sink at the knees") [153] kid kið (="young goat") [154] kidnap From kid + a variant of nab, both of which are of Scandinavian origin. [155] kilt
The term Norseman does echo terms meaning 'Northman', applied to Norse-speakers by the peoples they encountered during the Middle Ages. [10] The Old Frankish word Nortmann ("Northman") was Latinised as Normannus and was widely used in Latin texts. The Latin word Normannus then entered Old French as Normands.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Period of European history (about 800–1050) Viking Age picture stone, Gotland, Sweden. Part of a series on Scandinavia Countries Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden History History by country Åland Denmark Faroe Islands Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Scotland Sweden Chronological ...
In Old Norse, i/j adjacent to i, e, their u-umlauts, and æ was not possible, nor u/v adjacent to u, o, their i-umlauts, and ǫ. [7] At the beginning of words, this manifested as a dropping of the initial /j/ (which was general, independent of the following vowel) or /v/. Compare ON orð, úlfr, ár with English word, wolf, year. In inflections ...
The origin of the word in its various forms is unclear, but it may have been influenced by war cries from various languages: the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) suggests Norse, Dutch, Russian and Prussian words that may have played a part.
From skrækja, meaning "bawl, shout, or yell" [29] or from skrá, meaning "dried skin", in reference to the animal pelts worn by the Inuit. [29] The name the Norse Greenlanders gave the previous inhabitants of North America and Greenland. Skuggifjord Hudson Strait Straumfjörð "Current-fjord", "Stream-fjord" or "Tide-fjord". A fjord in Vinland.
Viken is derived from the Old Norse word vík, meaning an inlet or creek (UK). [6] The English cognate is the -wich in many placenames (cf. Sandwich).The modern Norwegian form Vika is derived from the definite form, Víkin (O.N.-in > M.Norw.-ĩ > Norw.-a), whilst the form Viken is derived partially from its Danish cognate, Vigen (Norwegianized to Viken in Riksmål), and partially from the ...