i viking

Swedish

Prepositional phrase

i viking

  1. (idiomatic) on a Viking expedition (to trade or raid)
    Han for i viking. ― He went on a Viking expedition.
    • 1860, Emilie Risberg, Rolf och Alfhild eller De första kristna i Sverige [Rolf and Alfhild, or The First Christians in Sweden]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 18 September 2025, page 100:
      Då vi [kom] till ålder, [fick] vi båda skepp och män för att fara i viking; men han fick alla de bästa kämparna och den stoltaste draken.
      When we came of age, we each received a ship and men to go on a Viking expedition; but he got all the best warriors and the mightiest dragon.
    • 1940, Elias Wessén, Sven B.F. Jansson, Upplands runinskrifter [Runic Inscriptions of Uppland]‎[2], Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 18 September 2025, page 97:
      De [har] sedan farit i viking som väringar och dött ute i Grekland.
      They then went on a Viking expedition as Varangians and died abroad in Greece.

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