2002-04-11 Vikings

[nibot]

Did you know that the word `Viking' should be read as `Vik-ing' and not `Vi-King'? The word vik means `harbor' or `bay' in old Swedish... The world could be translated almost literally as `sailor' I think, rather than a sort of king.

Comments

[once-a-banana.livejournal.com]

But cool tidbit of info! Still, does it take away some of the glamor? It would be more awesome if vik meant "I kill you and plunder your village" or some such thing.

[kaolinfire.livejournal.com]

VikTor.

Hm. Thunder god of sailing?