baresark

American  

[bair-sahrk] / ˈbɛər sɑrk /

noun

1. Scandinavian Legend. a berserker.

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adverb

1. without armor.

baresark British  

/ ˈbɛəˌsɑːk /

noun

1. another word for berserk

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Etymology

Origin of baresark

1830–40; variant of berserk, as if bare ¹ + sark

Example Sentences

I had to reconcile in him all kinds of opposites—the lusty brute and the sentimental lover; the physical coward and the baresark hero; the man with hell in his soul and the debonair gentleman.

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John

They fought baresark, interlocked and silent, spinning from side to side of the room.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

No baresark of them, nor Odin's self, was a bit of truer stuff.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Flopit was baresark from the first, and the mystery is where he learned the dog-cursing that he did.

From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Tarkington, Booth

"Bravo, Jean!" cried out the old Indian fighter, Pierre Noir, the old baresark rage of the fighting man now rising hot in his blood.

From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson