How it works
These Viking team names come five at a press, from Longship Crew to Too Many Jarls. All 115 work as Viking group names too, and 24 are Old Norse words printed with what they mean.
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Five sets in the menu
Crew and longship names is the first set in the menu. Old Norse words with meanings prints each word with its sense under it: Félag is fellowship and Sigr is victory. The funny set is rowing and beard jokes. The last two are for a sports, quiz or tug-of-war team and for a clan in a story or a game.
What the history says
Vikings are not known to have worn horned helmets, which is the joke in No Horns on Our Helmets. A karve was the smallest kind of longship and a knarr was a merchant ship built to carry cargo. Longships were clinker-built and had sails of woven wool.
Questions and answers
What are good Viking team names?
Oars in the Water, Dragon Prow Crew and Vinland Voyagers are in the first set. For a quiz night there are Saga Scholars and Jarls of Trivia, and for tug-of-war Heave Ho Longship and Tug of Oar.
What are some Norse team names with a meaning?
The Old Norse set has 24, each a single word with its meaning under it: Drengr for one who is bold, Hugr for mind and courage, Lið for a host of people. Each was read in Wiktionary and in Zoëga's dictionary of Old Icelandic.
What is a funny Viking team name?
Norse Code, Norse Power, Hold Your Norses, Oar Inspiring and Rowing Pains are in the funny set.
Why does no name here end in Vikings?
Professional and school clubs already play under that nickname, so the list uses Viking as a describing word and leaves the plural alone. None was taken from a TV show, a video game or a comic, and no god is named.