英语词汇berserk的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

berserk. Old Berserkr (“Bear Skin”), a famous hero in Norse mythology, was a supernatural warrior who fought with feral fury and feared nothing; he even spurned weapons or armor, rushing into battle protected only by the bearskin thrown over his shoulder and clawing and biting his victims to death. His 12 sons bore the same name, and these mad warriors could also turn themselves into wild beasts that neither fire nor armor could kill. Together they terrorized the land. This is the most widely accepted biography of Old Berserkr. Another account says he was a grandson of the eight-handed Starkader and that he got his name not from his bearskin, but from Norsemen calling him baer-serce, bare of mail, because he went into battle without armor. At any rate, the legends surrounding Berserkr and his dozen scions became known to the English, who spelled his name Berserkar. Any fierce fighter was soon called a ber- serker, especially one who fought with a fury that seemed al- most insane and terrified even his allies. In time to go berserk came to mean the violent, furious rage of a madman.

词汇	berserk
词源	berserk. Old Berserkr (“Bear Skin”), a famous hero in Norse mythology, was a supernatural warrior who fought with feral fury and feared nothing; he even spurned weapons or armor, rushing into battle protected only by the bearskin thrown over his shoulder and clawing and biting his victims to death. His 12 sons bore the same name, and these mad warriors could also turn themselves into wild beasts that neither fire nor armor could kill. Together they terrorized the land. This is the most widely accepted biography of Old Berserkr. Another account says he was a grandson of the eight-handed Starkader and that he got his name not from his bearskin, but from Norsemen calling him baer-serce, bare of mail, because he went into battle without armor. At any rate, the legends surrounding Berserkr and his dozen scions became known to the English, who spelled his name Berserkar. Any fierce fighter was soon called a ber- serker, especially one who fought with a fury that seemed al- most insane and terrified even his allies. In time to go berserk came to mean the violent, furious rage of a madman.
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