The 'v' in 'víkingr' was definitely pronunced like english 'w'.
Because of this, one should really write 'wiking' in english.
Personally I pronunce it with the w-sound when discussing the subject
in that language.

In the central Scandinavian dialect called 'dalska' one still has
this pronunciation, and ON 'víkingr' should be pronunced something
like [waikiNg] in that dialect, where [N] means the ng-sound.

/Arnie

--- In norse_course@..., "ragnarrgunnarsson" <keith@...> wrote:
> Heil,
>
> I have been wondering how the "v" is pronounced, for example
> in "vikingr". I think I read in the EV Gordon book that it's like
> the "b" in Spanish. Is there a word in American/English that has
> the correct syllable?
>
> Thanks!