berserk
意味
- 怒り狂う
- (北欧伝説で)戦場で無類に強い戦士
例文
The battle robot JA went berserk.
戦闘ロボＪＡは暴走した。
A critically wounded elephant went berserk and attacked every living thing in his path.
ひどい傷を負った象は、興奮し、通る道で出会った生き物という生き物を襲った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is borrowed from Old Norse berserkr (“Norse warrior who fights in a frenzy”), probably from bjǫrn (“bear”) + serkr (“coat; shirt”), referring to the bearskins which the warriors wore. Bjǫrn is possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”); and serkr from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; thread”). Alternatively, it has been suggested that the first element of the word is from berr (“bare, naked”), referring to warriors who went into battle without armour, but this is now thought unlikely. Doublet of berserker. The adjective is derived from the noun.