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viking
noun
    1. Any of the Scandinavian seafaring peoples who raided and settled in much of NW Europe between the 8c and 11c. Also as adj.
      Example: Viking ship
      Form: Viking (often)
Etymology: 19c: from Norse vikingr, perhaps from Anglo-Saxon wicing pirate.



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