[QUOTE=Archangel] Nobody's even sure where the word Viking comes from, one position is that it is the same root as by in by-law.

It is believed by the uk viking re-enactment society the word comes from -to go a viking ( sounds like veeking) which back in those days to go a viking was a profession (yes you read it right) back then only the eldest son got anything when the old man passed over, but what about his other sons.Well he had to scrap a living elsewhere and there was rich pickings to be had abroad.Small amounts of gold and lots of silver not to mention jewels and slaves.