Varangian /vəˈɹæn.d͡ʒi.ən/adjective 3noun 2forms 1 adjective3 •Of or pertaining to the Varangians. •Pertaining to a period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon. •Of or pertaining to the Varanger Peninsula in Norway. noun2 •(historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries. •(historical) A member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955.The Byzantines continued to recruit elite warriors from the north, not merely from Rus’ but directly from far-off Scandinavia; from the end of the tenth century, they referred to them as ‘Varangians’. — 2009 formsVarangians
