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I'm not really sure what you're talking about. The Vikings were sustained primarily through fishing and livestock. Agriculture is kind of hard to cultivate when you live in a frigid climate:
Viking Food: 800 - 1100 AD
If you have livestock, you need a place to keep it, and to grow something to feed it. That's why the limited amount of land available drove the expansion, trading and raiding.
" ...Scholars say the Viking raids were about survival, not conquest, and were prompted primarily by a shortage of land. In most cases individual Viking chieftains gathered followers and set off on raids. Wherever they went, the Vikings lived off the land, often driving the locals out and taking whatever valuables they could get their hands on... "
Vikings' Barbaric Bad Rap Beginning to Fade