Berserker?

[Drusilla]

What is a berserker?

[bernard57]

A Legendary Scandinavian Warrior

[shaneystar]

The term berserker comes from Norse "berserkr", meaning literally "bear shirt" or "bare shirt", alluding either to wearing the "clothes" of a bear, i.e. to be bear-like in rage and strength, usually in battle, or to the habit of berserkers going into battle unarmored.Good old wikipedia tells you all about these hairy monsters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beserker

[Ward-Minter]

was it not a song from the Kevin Smith movie "Clerks"??

[Tatty Rollox]

...... and here is a berserker ...........

[mycatis]

The word is used to refer to a warrior / fighter who loses all sense of fear when in battle. They apparently have a "red mist" that comes down and they only attack. Most fighters swap between attacking and defensive moves when fighting, because they want to win but also dont want to be hurt, a berserker (or baresark) doesn't have this fear, they just "flip out"
I love this word! :-)

[Tatty Rollox]

....... no stars for Tatty, eh ? We are on our way to have a word with you, Drusilla .......

[Drusilla]

Sorry Tatty, please forgive me. Best wishes!

[kaktus]

Calling my ancestors hairy monsters Shaneystar - tut tut ;)

Oh well I guess I would call them hairy monsters myself :)

[shaneystar]

Oh kaktus I am so sorry..it wasn't meant personally !
And you know how much I loved living in Norway too !!
I never came across a berserker but we did come across a huge figure of a troll outside a shop in Hagersund which scared my small son to bits at the time.!

[kaktus]

Oh that poor guy! I have never met any berserkers myself but as your son I have been scared by trolls :)

(You do know I was teasing right?)