VIKING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

• VIKING (noun)
  The noun VIKING has 1 sense:

1. any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries

  Familiarity information: VIKING used as a noun is very rare.

• VIKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Viking" is a kind of...):

Norse; Northman; Scandinavian (an inhabitant of Scandinavia)

 Context examples 

Walrus ivory was once a luxury in high demand and was widely traded in the Viking Age and across Medieval Europe.

(Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement, National Science Foundation)

I believe in my heart of hearts that he suffered as much about Lucy's death as any of us; but he bore himself through it like a moral Viking.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Walrus ivory was a valuable medieval commodity, used to carve luxury items such as ornate crucifixes or pieces for games like chess and Viking favourite hnefatafl.

(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)

The Eldgjá lava flood affected southern Iceland within a century of the island’s settlement by Vikings and Celts around 874, but until now the date of the eruption has been uncertain, hindering investigation of its likely impacts.

(Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity, University of Cambridge)