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baresarks

baresarks is the plural of baresark.

Meaning of baresark

Noun

baresark (plural baresarks)

  1. (obsolete) A berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armour.
    • Eric gives before him right to the edge of the cliff. Then the Baresark smites at him and Brighteyes catches the blow on his shield, and smites at him in turn so well and truly, that the head of the Baresark flies from his shoulders and spins along the ground, […]1891, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “How Eric Went Up Mosfell against Skallagrim the Baresark”, in Eric Brighteyes, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 67

Questions about baresarks

What is baresarks the plural of?
Baresarks is the plural of baresark.

Words near baresarks in the dictionary

  1. bares one's breast
  2. bares one's heart
  3. bares one's soul
  4. bares one's teeth
  5. baresark
  6. baresarks
  7. Baresbes
  8. Baresdhoo
  9. Barese
  10. bareshaft
  11. bareskin

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