Re: etymol. of the word "Viking"

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From: Seigneur Tenebreux
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:20

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I did take a course in Old Norse a few semesters ago.  The course used a
relatively decent text (An Introduction to Old Norse, E.V. Gordon, Oxford).

What the text says corroborates some of the previously mentioned conjecture.
I believe Erland Sommarskog quoted an article stating that it appears in 
Anglo-saxon texts earlier than the time period of the viking raids upon
England.

For general curiousity... I found one of the words in question

OE. wicing    is found in OE. uuicingsceada 'pirate'
it also appears in OFris. as 'witsing'

So it probably shouldn't be unexpected to see it crop up in words like
"avvika" 

I tried to avoid looking at this thread at first, thinking it to be
EVIL and FonCusing! :-)

Leben Sie lang und im Wohlstand!!

-andy
govax@wam.umd.edu

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