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Article #178Re: etymol. of the word "Viking"
From: Janis Maria Cortese
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 01:52
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 01:52
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In article <3978@novavax.UUCP> vaccaro@novavax.UUCP (N. Trafford Vaccaro) writes: >Referring to the above subject line, does anyone know the origin of the >word "Viking"? My dictionary is inadequate in this area. Thanks! > > >Nicholas Vaccaro This may be the kind of post that grates on your nerves like nails on a blackcoard, BUT . . . I think it came from the gerund form of a verb that meant "to plunder," meaning "those who go viking." I do not, however (hence the source of the frustration) have a reference. Regards, Janis C.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!noiro.acs.uci.edu!skid.ps.uci.edu!cortese From: cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese) Subject: Re: etymol. of the word "Viking" Nntp-Posting-Host: skid.ps.uci.edu Message-ID: <2A75F9D4.4005@noiro.acs.uci.edu> Newsgroups: sci.lang Organization: University of California, Irvine Keywords: norse, viking, etymology Lines: 18 Date: 29 Jul 92 01:52:20 GMT References: <3978@novavax.UUCP>