The wordberserkmeans “violently or destructively frenzied.” The notion of someone goingberserkcomes from Scandinavian legends, where aberserkerwas an ancient Norse warrior who fought with frenzied rage in battle. The wordberserkcomes from the Old Norseberserkrsaid to come from the Old Norse for ...
Mao means 'wool', partly because Chinese place names tend to have clear, simple etymologies with useful words in them. M. = Mandarin, C. = Cantonese (given, I’m afraid, in whatever transliteration was near at hand). I use = rather than ← to emphasize that the relationship between ...
The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse. — Carlos Castaneda 162 To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law...
("vinegar") andmeshi("rice")—refers to vinegared rice and that a sushi entree only includes raw fish if requested. But the pairing of sushi and raw fish is common, and for many unacquainted with Japanese cuisine, that is whatsushimeans, "raw fish." Evidence of this colloquial misuse ...
warrior Diomedes, and "the immortal blood of the goddess flows." The poem then goes on to explain that this substance is "íchōr, such as flows in the blessed gods. For they do not eat grain, or drink sparkling wine—that is why they are bloodless and are called undying." Based on ...
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Helmet bearer — warrior Raven harvest — corpse Ring giver — king Sail road — the sea Sea cloth — sail Sky candle — the sun Sword sleep — death Don’t be too surprised by all of the references to fighting and death. Most ofBeowulfis a series of battles, and given that the stor...
[weapon], c. 1300,armes(plural) "weapons of a warrior," from Old Frencharmes(plural), "arms, weapons; war, warfare" (11c.), from Latinarma"weapons" (including armor), literally "tools, implements (of war)," from PIE*ar(ə)mo-, suffixed form of root*ar-"to fit together." The...
We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds. —Lal Bahadur Shastri ...
ACHILLES HEEL Meaning: The weakness of an individual which leads to his downfall.Greek Myth: Achilles was a Greek warrior who later became the hero of the Trojan War. When he was an infant, it was prophesized that he would die young. His m 2、other Thetis who was a Nereid (sea ...