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Scandinavian entrepreneur whose business model was other people's stuff.
means A Scandinavian seafaring raider and trader who, between roughly the 8th and 11th centuries, sailed abroad to pillage, conquer, or trade — often whichever paid better that season.
from From Old Norse víkingr, likely tied to vík, meaning 'bay' or 'inlet' — the sheltered waters where raiding ships lurked before a run. Some scholars instead connect it to Víken, a region of Norway. Either way, 'to go í víking' meant setting off on a raiding voyage, long before 'viking' settled into English as a label for the people themselves.
- name origin
- vikingr meant pirate raid, not ethnicity
- actual helmets
- no horns, that was 19th century opera
- real reach
- traded as far as Baghdad, not just England
- side hustle
- most were farmers three seasons a year