> Later Old Norse Scandinavian written sources call a raider a vikingr and a raiding expedition of such people a viking. For Scandinavians, the word “viking” is something you did rather than what you were.
This concurs with a book I read recently. To go 'i viking' (roughly, 'go adventuring') is given as the origin of the word to the Anglo-Saxons of King Alfred's era in 'The White Horse King' [0].
This concurs with a book I read recently. To go 'i viking' (roughly, 'go adventuring') is given as the origin of the word to the Anglo-Saxons of King Alfred's era in 'The White Horse King' [0].
[0] https://www.amazon.com/White-Horse-King-Alfred-Great/dp/1595...