The rise and fall of Norse America: Vikings, Vinland and alternate history.

From: Extrapolation | Date: June 22, 2002| Author: Winthrop-Young, Geoffrey | Copyright information

* Viking derives from Old Norse vik (creek, inlet), and vikingr were those who lived and lurked in bays or fjords. (1) In their day they were known by many names: Varangians, vikvejar, Norsemen, westfaldingi, wiccan, gall, lochlannach, dani, 'camp folk', ascomani ('ashmen'); but for all the accounts that have survived, it remains unclear why exactly they came to be known, and feared, by so many. The terror spread by Vikings has given way to an ongoing bafflement as to what historic...

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