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From: Bertram Walsh
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:59
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:59
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Well, just to add a little confusion, the Oxford Dict. of Eng. Ety.
refers to "vik = inlet from the sea" and "OE. wic = camp", but then
asserts that since the word exists in OE and Anglo-Frisian as early as
the 8th century (OE 'wicingsceatha' = pirate), it may be that the
Vikingr themselves adopted the name from the epithet applied to them
by the North Sea islanders whom they attacked. This would then have
been reinforced by 'vik' or "Viken.'
BTW, Erland Sommarskog posts
> ... derivation from the Anglo-Saxon "wic", army camp, referring to
> the (from the 9th century) permanent camp of vikings
^^^^^^^^^
but Onions thinks that 'wic' refers to a Viking practice of setting up
_temporary_ camps in the course of their raids.
Bertram Walsh Mathematics Dep't Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ 08903
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!rutgers!igor.rutgers.edu!math.rutgers.edu!bwalsh From: bwalsh@math.rutgers.edu (Bertram Walsh) Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: etymol. of the word "Viking" Message-ID: <Jul.31.10.59.48.1992.17652@math.rutgers.edu> Date: 31 Jul 92 14:59:48 GMT Article-I.D.: math.Jul.31.10.59.48.1992.17652 References: <3978@novavax.UUCP> <1992Jul29.215527.29033@enea.se> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 19