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Definition of Berserker
1. Noun. One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury.
Definition of Berserker
1. Noun. 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). ¹
2. Noun. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Berserker
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Berserker
1. 1. One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds. 2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker. Origin: Icel. Berserkr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Berserker
Literary usage of Berserker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long Life by Marion Harland (1910)
"... IV A Berserker RAGE—A FRIGHT—THE WESTERN FEVER— MONTROSE—A MOTHER REGAINED UP
to this point of my story, what I have written is hearsay. ..."
2. Journal of a Residence in Norway During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836: Made by Samuel Laing (1851)
"Hereditary Attachment to the Horse—Berserker. — Peculiar Intoxication.—Domestic
Servants in America—In Norway. — Housekeepers in Families.—Provisions. ..."
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