Dear Cornwell Recently I went into a discussion about the Vikings and a major reason this discussion is that other person calling the viking of a nation and say they have always been a nation (and not a junction of several norse tribes who later were called Vikings). He also disagrees that the term Viking was (in ancient times) an action (exit “Viking”) and insists that there was a Viking and Viking philosophy even before the Norse Vikings. you could tell by his knowledge who is more right about the Vikings (Vikings and philosophy existed before the Norse Vikings?The norse called themselves of Vikings and had an idea that they were only one nation, a nation viking? the word viking was referring in the past to all the Nordic people? Thanks in advance Your fan Arthur Nietch