单词 | baresark |
释义 | baresarkn.adv. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.adv.1841 |
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