berserkr
Old Norse
Etymology
From bjǫrn (“bear”) and serkr (“shirt, coat”) thus literally "a warrior clothed in bearskin." Probably not from berr (“bare, naked”); see berserk.
Noun
berserkr m (genitive berserks, plural berserkir)
- a raging warrior of superhuman strength, who fights in a frenzy
- a Scandinavian warrior
Declension
Declension of berserkr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
Descendants
References
- “berserkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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