Vikinglar (qadimgi skandinavcha: víkingr — „qaroqchi“[1]) — 8-asr oxiri — 11-asr oʻrtalarida Yevropa mamlakatlariga dengiz yoʻli orqali savdo-sotiq uchun borgan, qaroqchilik va bosqinchilik yurishlari qilgan skandinavlar.[2][3][4] Rusda ularni varyaglar, Gʻarbiy Yevropada normandlar deb atashgan. 9-asrda vikinglar Shimoli-Sharqiy Angliyani, 10-asrda esa Shimoliy Fransiyani bosib olishgan. Vikinglar Shimoliy Amerikaga qadar yetib borishgan.
↑Whitelock, Dorothy. Sweetʼs Anglo-Saxon Reader, OUP 1967, a. 392
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