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connection with the Silk Road; from the
Khazar fortress of Sarkel; or from
serkr,
shirt or gown, i.e., "land of the gown-wearers". In all
cases it refers...
- the root Serc- in the do****ents,
according to him, it
could be Old
Norse serkr "shirt".: 124 He
compares with the name
given to an
island or a mountain...
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hollvinr lofða ok hnipnaði, svá at
ganga nam gunnarfúsum
sundr of síður
serkr járnofinn.
Forth went Sigurth, and
speech he
sought not, The
friend of heroes...
-
literally "leather flapper".
berserk berserkr, lit. 'bear-shirt', (alt. berr-
serkr, 'bare-shirt')
frenzied warriors billow bylgja birth byrðr
blather Probably...
- Hvitserk1 Old Norse: Hvítserkr, Latin:
Witserchus Hvítr
means "white", and
serkr means "shirt". He is the
brother of Svipdag2 and Beigaðr. In the Bjarkarímur...
- the saga
provides a footnote: "Bersærker — so
called from ber, bare ; and
serkr shirt: that is, bare of any
shirt of mail, as they
fought without armour...
