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Re:Iceland and its medieval past by bookofjoe on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:00AM (#24637820)
>How are other Scandinavian countries less Viking? They were also 100% settled by Vikings at the same time because that is where the Vikings came from.

>‘Viking’ was a job description, not a matter of heredity, massive ancient DNA study shows

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/viking-was-job-descr...

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Re:Iceland and its medieval past by arethuza on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:03AM (#24637849)
They also took Irish women as slaves to Iceland:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/dna-study-reveals-fa...

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Re:Iceland and its medieval past by socialdemocrat on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:40PM (#24642862)
Of course I know all this, I was after all raised in Norway. However I use the term as it is commonly understood by people today, not as it was used in 900 AD.
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