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)

  1. a raging warrior of superhuman strength, who fights in a frenzy
  2. a Scandinavian warrior

Declension

Descendants

References

  • berserkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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