The viking ship had but one large and heavy square sail.
At the same time, the significance which the word " viking " has had in our language is due in part to a false etymology, connecting the word with " king "; the effect of which still remains in the customary pronunciation vi-king instead of vik-ing, now so much embedded in the language that it is a pedantry to try and change it.
But in every country alike the wave of viking conquest now begins to recede.
The viking ventured upon unknown waters in ships very ill-fitted for their work.
The next kings mentioned are Sigaf rid and Halfdane, who were sons of the great Viking leader Ragnarr Loobrok.