Vikings

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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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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

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Example sentences from the Web for Vikings

Part of that lies in the paucity of documentation of what the Vikings actually did during their raids.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation|William O’Connor|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of the reasons the Vikings are viewed so negatively is that their violence could seem wanton or irrational.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation|William O’Connor|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More importantly, contends Winroth, the Vikings were acting completely rationally with their raids.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation|William O’Connor|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not only are the Vikings completely misunderstood, he argues, but they may have saved Europe.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation|William O’Connor|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Those riches did not disappear, as the Vikings were well integrated in the European trade network.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation|William O’Connor|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His appearance accorded with our ideas of the Vikings of old; he was, in fact, of Norwegian descent.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Thrice—De Valmont's guard shivered as a rush—through shield, hauberk, gorget cleft the Vikings' blade.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
Sigurd the lads call me, said he, and I am thought to be a son to Bui: not yet are all the vikings of Jomsborg dead.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
It was the winter before these things befell that the battle with the Jomsborg vikings was fought in Hiorungavag.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
He is now the warden of my coasts, and is put there to punish vikings and keep the peace for ye peasants.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson

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