The Byzantines continued to recruit elite warriors from the north, not merely from Rus’ but directly from far-off Scandinavia; from the end of the tenth century, they referred to them as ‘Varangians’.
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Varangian
//vəˈɹæn.d͡ʒi.ən//
Synonyms for "varangian" (2 found)
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43 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- վարյագական adj (of or pertaining to the Varangians)
- վարյագ noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- վարյագ noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Belarusian
1 entries- вара́г noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Bulgarian
1 entries- варя́г noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 瓦良格人 noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- 瓦里亞基人 noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Danish
2 entries- væring noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- væring noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Dutch
1 entries- Varjaag noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Faroese
2 entries- væringi noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- væringi noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Finnish
3 entries- varanki noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- varjagi noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- varjagikaarti noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
French
1 entries- Varègue noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
German
1 entries- Waräger noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Greek
2 entries- Βάραγγος noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- Βαράγγειοι noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Icelandic
3 entries- værangískur adj (of or pertaining to the Varangians)
- Væringi noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- Væringi noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Italian
2 entries- variago noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- variago noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Japanese
1 entries- ヴァリャーグ noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Marathi
3 entries- व्हरँजियन adj (of or pertaining to the Varangians)
- व्हरँजियन noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- व्हरँजियन noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Norwegian
1 entries- væring noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- Варѧгъ noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- варѧгъ noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Portuguese
2 entries- varangiano noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- varangiano noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Russian
2 entries- варя́жский adj (of or pertaining to the Varangians)
- варя́г noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Slovak
1 entries- Variagovia noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
Spanish
2 entries- varego noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- varego noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Swedish
4 entries- rus noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- varjag noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- väring noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
- väring noun (member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955)
Ukrainian
1 entries- варя́г noun (member of a Scandinavian tribe)
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