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单词 baresark
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baresarkn.adv.

/ˈbɛːsɑːk/
Etymology: lit. = ‘bare shirt,’ in reference to a current etymology of berserk n.
A. n.
A berserker (see berserk n.), or wild Norse warrior; sometimes explained as a warrior fighting in his ‘bare shirt’. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > berserker
berserk1814
baresark1841
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 337 The great savage Baresark.
1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 141 Thy sires,..Failed to bequeath..The Baresark marrow to thy bones.
B. adv.
In a shirt only, without armour.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adverb] > without armour
baresark1865
1865 C. Kingsley Hereward xii, in Good Words Apr. 264/1 Baresark I go to-morrow to the war.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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