Definition of Bersirker

Definition of Bersirker

Ber`serker, a Norse warrior who went into battle unharnessed, whence his name (which means bare of sark or shirt of mail), and is said to have been inspired with such fury as to render him invulnerable and irresistible.

- Wikipedia

{ Ber"serk (&?;), Ber"serk*er (&?;), } n. [Icel. berserkr.] 1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds. Longfellow.

2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

One of a class of legendary Norse warriors who fought frenzied and shirtless regardless of wounds (possibly due to ingestion of psychotropic and hallucinatory drugs such as Fly Agaric Mushrooms).
One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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