In Viking times, Greenland was greener than today.
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Viking
/ˈvaɪkɪŋ/
Synonyms for "viking" (75 found)
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abable seamanable-bodied seamanair pirateairplane hijackerancient marinerapolloargonautatlasblackbeardbluejacketbuccaneercaptain hookcaptain kidd
Adjective(1 words)
ancient norwegian culture
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Adjective(2 words)
norse island termold norse land
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The Viking expansion from the 9th century onwards reached areas such as Normandy, Galicia, Andalusia, Sicily and Crimea.
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After the invasion, Viking men took English wives and fathered children with the result that their daughters learned correct English from their mothers, and their sons learned bad English from their fathers, who hadn’t been in the country long enough to master the language.
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While the daughters of the Viking invaders were brought up by their English mothers and learned to speak good English, the little boys ran along with their fathers picking up less than grammatical English from them, as a result of which, to this day, poor grammar is associated with masculinity in the Anglo-Saxon world.
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