berserk

ˈbɜːsɜːk

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#1·1d ago

(transitive) To make berserk.

I suppose losing one hand made Stack especially sensitive to the possible loss of another. The wound was superficial, but he berserked. He killed the native with a riot gun, then turned it on the rest of them. A lieutenant had to bludgeo…

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#2·1d ago

(intransitive) To be or become berserk.

When great champions went berserking and were angry, they lost their human nature and went mad like dogs.

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#3·1d ago

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

went berserk]] and attacked the killer like a wild animal.

Origin: [[File:Bronsplåt 2 fr Torslunda sn, Öland (Stjerna, Hjälmar och svärd i Beovulf (1903) sid 103).jpg|thumb|One of the four Torslunda plates unearthed in Sweden and dated to , which were used as dies for producing decorative hammered foils. This plate is believed to depict, on the right, a berserk or berserker wearing a wolfskin.]] The is borrowed from , probably from bjǫrn + serkr, referring to the bearskins which the warriors wore. Bjǫrn is possibly ultimately derived from ; and serkr from . Alternatively, it has been suggested that the first element of the word is from berr, . The is deriv. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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