Ber'serker

Ber'serker, a redoubtable hero in Scandinavian mythology, the grandson of the eight-handed Starkadder and the beautiful Alfhilde. By the daughter of King Swafurlam, whom he had slain in battle, he had twelve sons, who inherited the name of Ber'serker, along with his frenzied, war-like fury or 'berserker-rage.' The name means 'bear-sark' (or shirt), not 'bare shirt,' and by Baring Gould is connected with the Werewolf (q.v.) superstition.