berserk

English

A borrowing from Old Norse berserkr (Icelandic berserkur, Swedish bärsärk), probably from bjǫrn (“bear”) + serkr (“coat”), equivalent to bear +‎ sark (“shirt”).

berserk (plural berserks)

a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy

German: Berserker (de) m
Japanese: ベルセルク (ja) (beruseruku), バーサーカー (bāsākā)
Norwegian: berserk (no)
Russian: берсе́ркер (ru) m (bersérker), берсе́рк (ru) m (bersérk), береза́рк m (berezárk)
Swedish: bärsärk (sv) c

berserk (comparative more berserk, superlative most berserk)

Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
- After he watched his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a beast or a wild animal.
weird; strange
- 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian‎:
  ...the writer conjured up a dystopian fantasy more berserk than anything you might find yourself listening to in the small hours at the Stone Circle.

injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control

Italian: furioso (it), folle (it) m, frenetico (it) m
Japanese: 凶暴な (きょうぼうな, kyōbō na)
Portuguese: fora de controle
Russian: неи́стовый (ru) (neístovyj), исступлённый (ru) (isstupljónnyj), я́ростный (ru) (járostnyj), бе́шеный (ru) (béšenyj)
Spanish: fuera de control

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