berserks
Loses all control
Berserks is the plural of berserk as a noun—a person in a state of uncontrolled fury or violent frenzy.
The word comes from Norse warriors said to fight in trance-like rage: The berserks charged without regard for their own safety.
The adjective berserk, meaning wildly out of control, is far more common today: The crowd went berserk.
Mental derangement or folly
- furyIntense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- wildnessUntamed, uncontrolled state
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
bloodlust · uncontrollable · rampage · savagery · violence · chaos · hysteria · outburst
Chief Norse deity
- VikingMedieval Nordic raider
- ValhallaHall for fallen warriors
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- longshipSlender Norse rowing vessel
Norsemen · Scandinavia · runes · mead · Ragnarok · Asgard · Thor · Fenrir
Cost or accusation
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- rampageViolent, destructive outburst
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
- slaughterKilling for meat
carnage · bloodshed · havoc · assault · relentless · unarmored · fearlessness · invulnerability
Interlocked defensive formation
- warbandArmed group for combat
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- bearskinUrsine pelt or cap
- wolfskinFur from wild canine
chainmail · raider · champion · fearless · invincible · unstoppable · broadsword · valkyrie
madness
Mental derangement or folly
ferocity · bloodlust · uncontrollable · rampage · savagery · violence · chaos · hysteria · outburst · turbulence
Odin
Chief Norse deity
longship · Norsemen · Scandinavia · runes · mead · Ragnarok · Asgard · Thor · Fenrir · jarls
charge
Cost or accusation
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- rampageViolent, destructive outburst
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
slaughter · carnage · bloodshed · havoc · assault · relentless · unarmored · fearlessness · invulnerability · strength
shieldwall
Interlocked defensive formation
wolfskin · chainmail · raider · champion · fearless · invincible · unstoppable · broadsword · valkyrie · clan
berserkscalm
Free from agitation
composure · serenity · tranquility · equanimity · placidity
- go berserkLose all self-control violently
- going berserkLosing all control violently
- goes berserkBecomes uncontrollably violent
- berserker rageFrenzied fighting madness