Dictionary entry

Berserk

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ 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.