Vikings
Longship seafaring warriors
Vikings were Scandinavian seafarers who raided, traded, and settled across Europe from the late 8th to early 11th century.
The term evokes images of Norse warriors in longships attacking coastal settlements, though Vikings were also explorers and merchants who reached North America and the Byzantine Empire.
In modern use, Viking often describes anything boldly adventurous or associated with Norse culture: Viking spirit, Viking funeral.
The Minnesota Vikings are an NFL team.
Slender Norse rowing vessel
- knarrViking merchant ship
- navigationDetermining position and course
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
- marinersThose who work ships
voyage · ocean · sail · oar · prow · dragonhead · rudder · starboard
- VinlandNorse term for America
- L'Anse aux MeadowsViking site in Newfoundland
- Erik the RedNorse Greenland colonizer
- GreenlandLargest island on Earth
Iceland · expedition · discovery · colonization · settlers · voyage · navigation · sagas
Goods seized violently
- pillageViolent theft of goods
- raidSudden armed incursion
- lootStolen valuables
- berserkerFury-driven Norse combatant
maraud · sack · conquest · invasion · incursion · foray · assault · ransack
Fury-driven Norse combatant
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- swordHilted fighting blade
- helmetProtective head covering
spear · chainmail · valkyrie · battle · combat · shieldwall · warlord · huscarl
longship
Slender Norse rowing vessel
- knarrViking merchant ship
- navigationDetermining position and course
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
mariners · voyage · ocean · sail · oar · prow · dragonhead · rudder · starboard · fjord
Leif Erikson
- VinlandNorse term for America
- L'Anse aux MeadowsViking site in Newfoundland
- Erik the RedNorse Greenland colonizer
Greenland · Iceland · expedition · discovery · colonization · settlers · voyage · navigation · sagas · trade routes
plunder
Goods seized violently
berserker · maraud · sack · conquest · invasion · incursion · foray · assault · ransack · ravage
berserker
Fury-driven Norse combatant
helmet · spear · chainmail · valkyrie · battle · combat · shieldwall · warlord · huscarl · melee
Odin
Chief Norse deity
Valhalla · Asgard · Ragnarok · Mjolnir · Bifrost · Fenrir · Valkyrie · Norns · Heimdall · Balder
Scandinavia
Nordic countries collectively
Old Norse · Thing · jarl · thrall · skald · mead · runestone · burial · hoard · brooch
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Industrial Revolution
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- historical peoplesAztecs, Babylonians, Celts, Egyptians, Gauls
- invadersinvaders, raiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers
- Nordic heritageNorse mythology, Norse gods, longships, Odin, Thor
- seafaring peoplessailors, navigators, fishermen, Polynesians, Norse
Vikingsmonks
Cloistered religious men
Saxons · Anglo-Saxons · Franks · clergy · monasteries
- Viking shipNorse seafaring vessel
- Viking mythsScandinavian religious folklore
- Viking raidsScandinavian seaborne plundering expeditions
- viking helmetAncient Norse protective headwear
- Viking funeralBurning the dead afloat
- Viking legendsStories of Scandinavian raiders