We read of such a one that he went "a-viking" (fara i viking, ver y i viking, or very often fara, &c., vestan i viking). Almost every young Icelander of sufficient means and position, and a very large number of young Norsemen, made one or more viking expeditions. During the Saga Age (900-1050), in the beginning of Norse literature, vikingr is not as a rule used to designate any class of men. There is also in Icelandic the allied word viking (f.), a predatory voyage. The word " Viking," in the sense in which it is used to-day, is derived from the Icelandic (Old Norse) Vikingr (m.), signifying simply a sea-rover or pirate.
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