Vikings

1. Warriors from Scandinavia who raided much of coastal Europe in the eighth to tenth centuries. The Vikings traveled in boats with high bows and sterns, carefully designed for either rough seas or calm waters. Eventually some Vikings settled in the countries they plundered and established new societies.

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Not long after the Minnesota Vikings completed last year’s 14-win season, they embarked on a bold blueprint that was designed to make them even better.

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Eastern and then the Detroit Lions-Minnesota Vikings at 4:30 p.m.

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The Green Bay Packers are in hot pursuit in the division after dominating the Vikings and Detroit are right there after overcoming the Giants in overtime with a monster game from Jahmyr Gibbs.

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According to scholars of Scandinavian studies, many widely held beliefs about Vikings and Old Norse paganism cannot be confirmed through modern scientific methods.

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All were blond and tall and broad shouldered as Vikings.

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