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In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers (Old Norse: berserkir) were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English adjective berserk ' furiously violent or out of control '. Berserkers are attested to in numerous Old Norse sources.
Arngrim was a berserker, who features in Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, Lay of Hyndla, a number of Faroese ballads and Orvar-Odd's saga in Norse mythology. [ 1 ] Hervarar saga
A berserker. Depending on the version he either kills Svafrlami or becomes his champion. He marries his daughter Eyfura, and takes the cursed sword Tyrfing. [174] He has twelve sons who also are berserkers, among whom the ones named Angantýr 2 and Hjörvard 1. [175] [176] Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, Örvar-Odds saga, Hyndluljóð: Arngrim ...
Egil Skallagrímsson (Old Norse: Egill Skallagrímsson [ˈeɣelː ˈskɑlːɑˌɡriːmsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈeijɪtl̥ ˈskatlaˌkrimsˌsɔːn]; c. 904 – c. 995) [1] was a Viking Age war poet, sorcerer, berserker, and farmer. [2] He is known mainly as the anti-hero of Egil's Saga.
L. List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, B–C; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, D–E
Heroes in Norse myths and legends (2 C, 63 P) K. Kings in Norse mythology and legends (5 C, 22 P) O. Orkneyinga saga characters ... Berserker; Bess (Dane) Bjæring;
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Category: Characters in Norse mythology. 4 languages. Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Brezhoneg;