VIKINGS
Noun
vikings
plural of viking
Anagrams
• skiving
Noun
Vikings
plural of Viking
Anagrams
• skiving
Source: Wiktionary
VIKING
Vi"king, n. Etym: [Icel. vikingr, fr. vik a bay, inlet.]
Definition: One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who
plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth
centuries.
Of grim Vikings, and the rapture Of the sea fight, and the capture,
And the life of slavery. Longfellow.
Note: Vikings differs in meaning from sea king, with which frequently
confounded. "The sea king was a man connected with a royal race,
either of the small kings of the country, or of the Haarfager family,
and who, by right, received the title of king as soon he took the
command of men, although only of a single ship's crew, and without
having any land or kingdom . . . Vikings were merely pirates,
alternately peasants and pirates, deriving the name of viking from
the vicks, wicks, or inlets, on the coast in which they harbored with
their long ships or rowing galleys." Laing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition