ironically it would probably be more accurate to say “dane” whenever people talk about vikings, since vikings were just people who went out to plunder and stuff. Meanwhile the danes were the most significant group in the nordics at that time, sorta like how people generally say “british” even though that doesn’t technically include ireland.
ironically it would probably be more accurate to say “dane” whenever people talk about vikings, since vikings were just people who went out to plunder and stuff. Meanwhile the danes were the most significant group in the nordics at that time, sorta like how people generally say “british” even though that doesn’t technically include ireland.
But Norsemen, another agreed upon generalization from their victims (everyone else) more specifically referenced Norwegians.