"berserkr" meaning in Old Norse

See berserkr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From bjǫrn (“bear”) and serkr (“shirt, coat”) thus literally "a warrior clothed in bearskin." Probably not from berr (“bare, naked”); see berserk. Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} berserkr m, {{non-noun|m|berserks|berserkir}} berserkr m (genitive berserks, plural berserkir) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-i1|berserk|berserk}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=berserkina|api=berserki|asd=berserkinn|asi=berserk|dpd=berserkunum|dpi=berserkum|dsd=berserkinum|dsi=berserk|g=masculine|gpd=berserkanna|gpi=berserka|gsd=berserksins|gsi=berserks|notes=|npd=berserkirnir|npi=berserkir|nsd=berserkrinn|nsi=berserkr|stem=strong i-stem, s-genitive|title=berserkr}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkr|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkrinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkir|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkirnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserk|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkinn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserki|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkina|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserk|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkinum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserks|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserksins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserka|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|berserkanna|gpd}} Forms: berserks [genitive], berserkir [plural], strong [table-tags], berserkr [indefinite, nominative, singular], berserkrinn [definite, nominative, singular], berserkir [indefinite, nominative, plural], berserkirnir [definite, nominative, plural], berserk [accusative, indefinite, singular], berserkinn [accusative, definite, singular], berserki [accusative, indefinite, plural], berserkina [accusative, definite, plural], berserk [dative, indefinite, singular], berserkinum [dative, definite, singular], berserkum [dative, indefinite, plural], berserkunum [dative, definite, plural], berserks [genitive, indefinite, singular], berserksins [definite, genitive, singular], berserka [genitive, indefinite, plural], berserkanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a raging warrior of superhuman strength, who fights in a frenzy Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-berserkr-non-noun-yj7~522x Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. a Scandinavian warrior Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-berserkr-non-noun-HVHif2qK

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bersærk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: bersærk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: bersærk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "berserk"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "berserk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "berserkki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: berserkki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: berserkki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "berserkur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: berserkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: berserkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "berserkur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: berserkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: berserkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "berserk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "berserk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "berserk",
            "3": "bärsärk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: berserk, bärsärk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: berserk, bärsärk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bjǫrn (“bear”) and serkr (“shirt, coat”) thus literally \"a warrior clothed in bearskin.\" Probably not from berr (“bare, naked”); see berserk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "berserks",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-i1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserksins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "berserkr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "berserks",
        "3": "berserkir"
      },
      "expansion": "berserkr m (genitive berserks, plural berserkir)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserk",
        "2": "berserk"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-i1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "berserkina",
        "api": "berserki",
        "asd": "berserkinn",
        "asi": "berserk",
        "dpd": "berserkunum",
        "dpi": "berserkum",
        "dsd": "berserkinum",
        "dsi": "berserk",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "berserkanna",
        "gpi": "berserka",
        "gsd": "berserksins",
        "gsi": "berserks",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "berserkirnir",
        "npi": "berserkir",
        "nsd": "berserkrinn",
        "nsi": "berserkr",
        "stem": "strong i-stem, s-genitive",
        "title": "berserkr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserk",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserki",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkina",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserk",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserks",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserksins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserka",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a raging warrior of superhuman strength, who fights in a frenzy"
      ],
      "id": "en-berserkr-non-noun-yj7~522x",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a Scandinavian warrior"
      ],
      "id": "en-berserkr-non-noun-HVHif2qK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "berserkr"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse masculine i-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse masculine nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bersærk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: bersærk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: bersærk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "berserk"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "berserk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "berserkki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: berserkki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: berserkki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "berserkur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: berserkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: berserkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "berserkur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: berserkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: berserkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "berserk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "berserk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: berserk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: berserk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "berserk",
            "3": "bärsärk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: berserk, bärsärk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: berserk, bärsärk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bjǫrn (“bear”) and serkr (“shirt, coat”) thus literally \"a warrior clothed in bearskin.\" Probably not from berr (“bare, naked”); see berserk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "berserks",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-i1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserksins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berserkanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "berserkr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "berserks",
        "3": "berserkir"
      },
      "expansion": "berserkr m (genitive berserks, plural berserkir)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserk",
        "2": "berserk"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-i1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "berserkina",
        "api": "berserki",
        "asd": "berserkinn",
        "asi": "berserk",
        "dpd": "berserkunum",
        "dpi": "berserkum",
        "dsd": "berserkinum",
        "dsi": "berserk",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "berserkanna",
        "gpi": "berserka",
        "gsd": "berserksins",
        "gsi": "berserks",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "berserkirnir",
        "npi": "berserkir",
        "nsd": "berserkrinn",
        "nsi": "berserkr",
        "stem": "strong i-stem, s-genitive",
        "title": "berserkr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserk",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserki",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkina",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserk",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserks",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserksins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserka",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "berserkanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a raging warrior of superhuman strength, who fights in a frenzy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a Scandinavian warrior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "berserkr"
}

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