• Viking is a given name which may refer to: Viking (Norse mythology), father of Thorstein, from Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar Viking Björk (1918–2009), Swedish...
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  • up Viking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Vikings were seafaring Scandinavians. Viking or Vikings may also refer to: Viking (comics) Vikings #1...
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  • Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's...
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  • Neil (redirect from Neil (given name))
    the context of a surname as meaning "champion". The Gaelic name was adopted by the Vikings and taken to Iceland as Njáll (see Nigel). From Iceland it...
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  • Njáll (category Given names)
    [ˈnjautl̥]) is an old Viking given name native to Iceland and other Scandinavian countries. It was borrowed from the Old Irish name Niall. Njáll Þorgeirsson...
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    the same meaning and was prevalent in Anglo-Saxon England. The name's popularity in Viking Age England would also have been bolstered by the use of the...
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  • Olaf (redirect from Olav (given name))
    Ólafr, Óleifr, Anleifr) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz...
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  • personal name Lochlann. In the ninth century, the terms Laithlinn / Laithlind (etc.), appear in historical sources as terms denoting the origin of Vikings active...
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  • titles beginning with Viking All pages with titles containing Viking Viking (disambiguation) Viking (given name) Techno Viking This page lists people...
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    life, producing expressions like Viking age, Viking culture, Viking art, Viking religion, Viking ship and so on. The Viking Age in Scandinavian history is...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aud is a feminine given name used in Nordic countries. People with the name include: Aud Alvær (1921–2000), Norwegian politician...
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    The Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest...
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    The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member...
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    Rollo (redirect from Rollo the Viking)
    estuary from other Viking raiders. The name Rollo is first recorded in a charter written in 918 as the leader of a group of Viking settlers, and he reigned...
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    Raw brand under the name The Viking Experience as Erik (Rowe) and Ivar (Hanson). They quickly changed the team's name to The Viking Raiders and won the...
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    Knowledge about military technology of the Viking Age (late 8th to mid-11th century Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial...
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    according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king. He is known from Old Norse poetry of the Viking Age, Icelandic sagas, and near-contemporary...
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    Adrian (redirect from Adrian (given name))
    Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian...
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    called "Viking sword", this type of sword was produced in the Frankish Empire during the Carolingian era. The association of the name "Viking" with these...
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  • Randi (redirect from Randi (given name))
    runic inscriptions from the Viking era. Later the variant Rangdid was common in the Middle Ages. Over 20 people with the name were mentioned in the Regesta...
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  • The Old Norse personal name likely originated as a byname, meaning "summer-traveller", "summer-warrior", in reference to a Viking, or men who took to raiding...
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  • Egil or Egill is a masculine given name derived from Old Norse. It may refer to: Ongentheow (died 515), legendary Swedish king Egil, brother of Volund...
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  • Vikings is a historical drama television series written and created by Michael Hirst for the television channel History. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered...
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  • the name was used to denote someone of Scandinavian ancestry or someone from Normandy (northern France). During the Middle Ages Scandinavian Vikings called...
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  • Dennis (redirect from Dennis (given name))
    correctly meant Dacian, but when the Vikings were about was often used to mean "Danish" or "The Dane". The name became modernised as Denys, then later...
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  • Brenda (redirect from Brenda (given name))
    historical Welsh ruler Owain Gwynedd by Brenda the daughter of a Viking overlord in Ireland the name Brenda was apparently until the 19th century confined to...
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  • (defender). The name consequently either meant Freyr's warrior or Freyr's defender. Igor is a given name derived from the Scandinavian name Ingvar that was...
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  • Bjorn (redirect from Bjørn (Viking))
    Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal). In Swedish and Finnish, the...
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    Islands, Sweden and Estonia. Viking Line shares are quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Viking Line is operated from Åland. Viking Line's history can be traced...
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    title of Lord Rollo. Notable people with the name include: Rollo of Normandy (fl. 10th century), Viking leader and first count of Normandy Rollo Armstrong...
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