Viking vs Frisian - What's the difference?
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(historical) One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America.
(by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genera, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an ax or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
(lb) A (mediaeval Scandinavian).
(American football) A player on the NFL team.
English borrowed terms
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A Germanic (language group) or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
# (specifically) The West Frisian lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
#* 1998 , Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones, Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education , page 405:
#* 2000 , Jasone Cenoz, Ulrike Jessner, English in Europe: the acquisition of a third language , page 223:
#* 2005 , Pat Seward, Sunandini Arora Lal, Netherlands , page 89:
# (specifically) Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
# (specifically) The North Frisian lect, spoken in Germany and Denmark at the mutual border in Schleswig and Holstein.
A member of the (w) which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany and southern Denmark).
A person who is from or who has long resided in the Dutch province of Friesland.
Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Frisia; to people of Frisian descent.
Of or relating to the region of Frisia.
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of the Dutch province of Friesland.
Of or relating to the Dutch province of Friesland.
As nouns the difference between viking and frisian
is that viking is one of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America while Frisian is a member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).As proper nouns the difference between viking and frisian
is that viking is a town in Alberta, Canada while Frisian is a Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.As an adjective Frisian is
of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.viking
English
(wikipedia Viking)Alternative forms
* -terminal): ** Vikinger, vikinger ** Vikingir, vikingir ** Vikingr, vikingr * -terminal): ** Viking, viking * -initial): ** Wicking, wicking ** Wiking, wikingNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* vike (jocular verb) * viking (in attributive use) * Vikingism * VikingshipReferences
frisian
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- In the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands, a high percentage of the population, about 350000, speak Frisian as their first language.
- This means that full competence in both Frisian' and Dutch (ie understanding, speaking, reading and writing ability) is aimed at all pupils in the province, whether they speak ' Frisian or Dutch at home.
- Many Frisians speak Frisian at home and Dutch at work.
Usage notes
Some linguists consider West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian to be varieties of a single language called “Frisian'”. As they are not mutually intelligible, other linguists and the speakers consider them to be separate languages in a language group called “' Frisian ”. Saterland Frisian is also known as “East Frisian”, but this term more often refers to a Low German dialect, because the Low German dialect has a far greater number of speakers than the Frisian lect.Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- Because the instruction manual was Frisian , Yves couldn't read it.
See also
*The West Frisian Wikipedia*
The Saterland Frisian Wikipedia*
The North Frisian Wikipedia
