Definitions for Varangian

Varangian Va·ran·gi·an

Spelling: [vuh-ran-jee-uh n]
IPA: /vəˈræn dʒi ən/

Varangian is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in Varangian (aaaginnrv).

Definitions for Varangian

noun

  1. any of the Northmen who, under Rurik, established a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century.
  2. a member of the bodyguard (Varangian guard) of the Byzantine emperors, especially in the 11th and 12th centuries, made up of Northmen, Anglo-Saxons, and other northern Europeans.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Varangians.

Examples for Varangian

Glycerium responded, with a slight air of constraint, “Sigurd Olafson, the young Varangian captain.”

The Varangian princes, invited by the Novgorodians, of whom Rurik was the chief, soon signalized themselves by great expeditions.

For this purpose there was selected a young Varangian who, with his father, had adopted the Christian faith.

Its rulers were brave, their Varangian followers were courageous, the city was strong.

On the way he turned aside to Polotzk, then held as a dependent fief by a Varangian named Rogvolod.

I found the kislischi nearly identical with the ancient Scandinavian mead: no doubt it dates from the Varangian rule in Russia.

By the mouth of the Neva had passed Rurik and his fellows in their journeys across the Varangian sea,—their own sea.

He left no sons, and with him, its fifty-second sovereign, the dynasty of Rurik the Varangian came to an end.

Thus perished Sviatoslav, in spite of his Slavonic name a thorough type of the Varangian chieftain.

He returned through Constantinople, where many of the English fugitives were serving in the Varangian guard.

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