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berserk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Berserk \Ber"serk\, Berserker \Ber"serk*er\, n. [Icel. berserkr.]
(Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.
--Longfellow.One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
Berserk \Ber*serk"\ (b[~e]r*s[~e]rk"; b[~e]r*z[~e]rk"; b[~e]r"s[~e]rk) a. [See berserk, n.] frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1844, from berserk (n.) "Norse warrior," by 1835, an alternative form of berserker (1822), a word which was introduced by Sir Walter Scott, from Old Norse berserkr (n.) "raging warrior of superhuman strength;" probably from *ber- "bear" + serkr "shirt," thus literally "a warrior clothed in bearskin." Thus not from Old Norse berr "bare, naked."\n\nThorkelin, in the essay on the Berserkir, appended to his edition of the Krisini Saga, tells that an old name of the Berserk frenzy was hamremmi, i.e., strength acquired from another strange body, because it was anciently believed that the persons who were liable to this frenzy were mysteriously endowed, during its accesses, with a strange body of unearthly strength. If, however, the Berserk was called on by his own name, he lost his mysterious form, and his ordinary strength alone remained. ["Notes and Queries," Dec. 28, 1850] \n\nThe adjectival use probably is from such phrases as berserk frenzy, or as a title (Arngrim the Berserk).\n
Wiktionary
a. Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control. n. A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy.
WordNet
adj. in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]
n. one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury [syn: berserker]
Wikipedia
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Set in a medieval Europe-inspired dark fantasy world, the story centers on the characters of Guts, a lone mercenary, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the Band of the Hawk. Themes of isolation, camaraderie, and the question of whether humanity is fundamentally good or evil pervade the story, as it explores both the best and worst of human nature. Both the manga and anime are noted for their use of graphic violence and sexual content.
Miura premiered a prototype of Berserk in 1988. The actual series began the following year in the now-defunct magazine Monthly Animal House, which was replaced in 1992 by the semimonthly magazine Young Animal, where Berserk continues to be serialized intermittently. The series was adapted into a twenty-five episode anime series covering the series' Golden Age arc by Oriental Light and Magic from October 7, 1997 to March 31, 1998. A trilogy of films, Berserk: The Golden Age Arc, were released beginning in 2012. A second anime adaptation started to be broadcast on July 1, 2016.
Berserk, also known as , is a Japanese anime television series that aired from 1997 to 1998. An adaptation of the manga Berserk, it comprises 25 half-hour episodes produced by Oriental Light and Magic and first aired on Nippon TV. The episodes adapt part of the manga's Black Swordsman arc, continuing through the Golden Age storylines.
Berserk (working title), known in Japan as , is a hack-and-slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows. It is a collaboration between Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors video game series and Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga series. Berserk Musō will release in Japan on October 27, 2016 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game is announced for western territories under the tentative name Berserk and will release in Fall 2016 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows.
Berserk or berzerk can refer to:
- Berserker, a fierce warrior, often associated with Norsemen
Berserk is a young adult novel by Ally Kennen, published in 2007. It has been shortlisted for the 2008 Manchester Book Award and longlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Like Beast and Bedlam, there will be a new edition of the book in May which features a new cover.
is a 2016 anime television series based on Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga and a sequel to the Golden Age Arc film trilogy. This is the second television adaptation of the manga, after the 1997 anime of the same name, and covers parts of the "Black Swordsman" arc and the "Conviction" arc.
Usage examples of "berserk".
Is that ship some kind of automatic weapon gone berserk, shooting around the Galaxy exterminating what it calls badlife?
Quinn, and there are some things about being Berserk that you doona understand.
If he killed Jillian, Ramsay knew Grimm would go Berserk and rip him to shreds.
The shoya was prepared, aware the thread between a sudden, berserk attack and sanity was stretched to breaking, shishi never to be trusted, one hand not far from his sleeve pocket.
Or, it might be better to say, the twisted history of his subculture gave him a death wish which resembled those of the ancient Norse berserks or the hardcore Nazis.
Whereas the old script had been primarily about a berserk Amishman who strangled and then did unspeakable things to women in a bathtub, the new script called for the movie to be filmed almost exclusively in a barn.
Its huge jaws writhe and snap, its tongue slings spit and foam over its flashing incisors, its eyes strain white and berserk in its black, Cerberean skull.
On the Klaipeda voyage I had learned a lot about the behaviour of animals aboard ship, and now I had the chance to observe the reaction of cows to being whisked into the air I felt a faint twinge of alarm when I remembered a story of how a veterinary surgeon had been in charge of some racehorses flying to America, and one of the animals had gone berserk and kicked a hole in the side of the aircraft.
Sunlight would also let the pseudoplankton in the water supply go totally berserk, clogging everythingand those damn things are toxic.
They pulled away and for five minutes I behaved like a berserk semaphorist towards the passing stream of taxis.
They stopped the vags and bums and homeless roamers at the city limits while, inside, it seemed like every block had its squad of uniformed cops, private security or rubberroom squads of parapsychs to deal with flips, screamers and the silently berserk.
Every time he went berserk either Arthur sat on him or Aileen smacked his nose and then one night he sat down and had a deep think.
He took one vertiginous step out of the cryotube and stopped, staring at the naked face of chaos worn by a berserk maintenance robot.
Anyone listening with hydrophones or studying a sonar scope would be confused, would judge that a school of porpoises had penetrated the cavern and then gone berserk.
They also wielded knives and machetes like the exploded components of a berserk threshing machine.