They had not been able to agree upon which arms each should take, but they came out to the attack directly the berserks were running away; when these turned against them they fell back on the house.
Meantime the berserks thought that Grettir was a long time away and began to suspect some treachery.
It was considered a scandal in the land that pirates and berserks should be able to come into the country and challenge respectable people to the holmgang for their money or their women, no weregild being paid whichever fell.
For this reason jarl Eirik abolished all holmgang in Norway and declared all robbers and berserks who disturbed the peace outlaws.
The fame of his deed spread through all Norway, especially in those parts where the berserks had ravaged most mercilessly.
In the morning, directly the day broke, all the men of the island were called together to go forth and search for the two berserks who had escaped.
The berserks then began skylarking and pushing Grettir about.
And theBerserks round about Broke forth into a shout That made the rafters ring: They smote with their fists on the board, And shouted, "Long live the Sword, And the King!
On the shining wall a vast And shadowy cross was cast From the hilt of the lifted sword, And in foaming cups of ale The Berserks drank "Was-hael!
Alf to be 'a combination of Arngrim the father of the berserks and Hjalmar's foster-brother Oervarodd.
Hjalmar and Odd had landed on the Island to find out if the berserks had come.
It is all these berserks who must perish before evening comes; but you and I will be left alive.
And the berserks made their way up one side of the ship and down the other and slew them all.
Then he placed the berserks in with their weapons and closed the barrows.
Then said Odd: I never knew aught of terror Till today when the berserks came.
In the morning he brought together the bodies of all the berserks and then set about building barrows.
And as they made their way from the forest to join their ships, the berserks were leaving the ships with bloody weapons and drawn swords.
In the lava, just beside the road through it, there is a mound where the Berserks are said to lie buried; that may be so or not, but the mound was opened some time ago and human remains there found.
The Berserks accepted the invitation and entered the bath unsuspectingly.
The Berserks willingly undertook the task, for they were strong men and had confidence in their own powers, and they set about the work in earnest.
O'er his drinking horn, the sign He made of the Cross divine As he drank, and muttered his prayers; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs.
Drinking the nut-brown ale, With his bearded Berserks hale And tall.
And the Berserks round about Broke forth in a shout That made the rafters ring; They smote with their fists on the board, And shouted, "Long live the sword, And the King.
On the shining wall a vast And shadowy cross was cast From the hilt of the lifted sword, And in the foaming cups of ale The Berserksdrank "Was-hael!
The berserks seem to have been a description of athletes, who were in the habit of stimulating their nervous energies by the use of some intoxicating drug, which rendered them capable of feats of extraordinary strength and daring.
Their task at last concluded, the two Berserks returned home to claim their reward; but Arngrim Styr, as if in the exuberance of his affection, proposed that they should first refresh themselves in the new bath.
War horns were sounded, arrows of challenge were fired over the opposing fleets, the berserkson either side clashed their arms and bit the rims of their shields, working themselves into a wild war fury.
Bidding Kolbiorn go forward to the forecastle and marshal his berserks and bowmen, Olaf took down his war horn and blew a loud blast as challenge.
Olaf was often attacked by three or four berserks at once, but he guarded every blow, and received but little hurt.
He had a score or so of bearded berserks on each of his ships--men who feared neither fire nor steel, but who gloried in warfare, and loved nothing better than to be in the midst of a great battle.
Vikings and berserks leapt down upon her decks, and now Norseman met Norseman in a terrible, deadly combat.
But the king's berserks at length took on their fury and won for their master the greatest battle that has ever been fought in Norway.
The berserks might have been retained at home to cope unsuccessfully with the monster, or avoid coping with it at all as the king's other men did, and thus place Bjarki's feat of slaying it in the strongest relief.
This was a more spectacular method of showing superiority to theberserks than merely doing what they dared not attempt to do, or could not do.
But by letting the berserks be absent at Christmas and return later, the author accomplished more than this.
But it is especially in the treatment of Hott, that skillful manipulation of the story is displayed in having the berserks return home and resume their boastful manner, after Hott has become strong and daring.
It was quite natural, however, that he should think so; for to such an abject coward as he was, it must have seemed that nothing could resist such warriors as these berserks were.
It seems, therefore, that preparations would have been made to resist it; and when the berserks are not retained at home to cope with the monster, it is due to the exigencies of the story.
The battle over, the berserks go ashore, and there when their fury is past, they are attacked by the two Swedish champions.
In Gold-Thori's Saga, the dead berserks whose howe Thori enters, are found guarding their treasure in the shape of dragons; while Thori himself is said to have turned into a dragon after death.
O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the cross divine As he drank, and muttered his prayers; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs.
And the Berserksround about Broke forth into a shout That made the rafters ring; They smote with their fists on the board, And shouted, "Long live the sword And the King!
And they said: 'Is it true that Rolf Stake and his Berserks flee neither fire nor iron?
Then the Berserks of Rolf Stake asked for their wage, three pounds of gold apiece; and further they asked to carry to Rolf Stake those costly things which they in his behalf should choose.
Then came King Adils’ men in and bore fuel onto the fireplace, and made a fire so great that it burnt the clothes of Rolf and his berserks, saying: Is it true that neither fire nor steel will put Rolf Krake and his berserks to flight?
The berserks then returned home, and were much dissatisfied.
When she alighted, Odin appointed four berserks to take care of her steed, but they were unable to hold him except by throwing him down on the ground.
Then he visited many lands and knew the countries of the world, and conquered single-handed all the berserks and all the giants, and one very big dragon and many beasts.
But the king refused to surrender any of these treasures, nor did he give the berserks any pay.
Then the berserks each demanded three pounds of gold in pay for their service, and also asked for the treasures which they had chosen for Rolf Krake, and which they now desired to bring to him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "berserks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
