where does the word "berserker" come from?
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From the Old Norse beserkr (bearskin).  Warriors who worshipped Odin, famous for their forocity in battle.  Their animal-skin battle attire contributed to the develpment of the werewolf legend.
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"Wragtig" (actually "wragtag") originates from "waaragtig" which means "truly" or "really". ("Waar" = "true".)\n\n"Hy is wragtag hier!" translates to: "He is really here!" - in an expression of surprize.\n\n"Wragtag" has the feeling of a slightly crude word. It is normally used to express surprize, in a strong way.
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in german it is written as Junker. the son of a noble landowner, it also means just young nobleman, then also the noble landowners themselves.
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Main Entry: war·lock \nPronunciation: -"läk\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: Middle English warloghe, from Old English w[AE]rloga one that breaks faith, the Devil, from w[AE]r faith, troth + -loga (from lEogan to lie); akin to Old English w[AE]r true -- more at VERY, LIE\n1 : a man practicing the black arts : SORCERER -- compare WITCH\n2 : CONJURER
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This does not exist in an "english" dictionary.  Could the word derive from another language possiby and be translated/related to english?\n\nGreat source:    http://www.m-w.com/
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What's the context of this word? I can translate wirbel and kalt easily but together is make me think of 'blustering or freezing winds'. I'd love to see its usage though.
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Too big a question. Shall need a very lengthy reply. Eckankar or Ik Onkaar is the first word in the prayer of Sikh religion. It is a verbal translation of the Muslim prayer in Arabic:'La ilaha ilAllah'. It means God(Allah) is One and Unique. The founder of the religion was a Muslim Fakir. In later generations, the group of followers declared themselves a distinct religion and borrowed some teachings from Hindu religion, like Karma...  They donot cut hair and wear a turban.
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I'm not entirely sure, but I think it originated with the Rolling Stones as they described their backstage parties for an interview of somesort. The saying has pretty much been adopted by every rock group and wannabe rocker eversince as a way of answering why they're in the music buisness.
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I could find no real origin in any of my reference books, other than suggesting the analogy with firing a gun. However, one day, I was sent the following which appeared in the Clevedon, Somerset, Civic Society Newsletter for Summer 1996:\n"We discovered recently that the word 'fired', meaning discharged from a job originated on Mendip. It comes from Item 6 of the Laws of Mendip Miners. \n"If any man... do pick or steale any lead or ore to the value of xiiid (=13 pence), the Lord or his Officer may arrest all his lead and Oare House or hearthes with his Grooves and Workes and keep them in forfeit... and shall take the person that hath soe affeended and bring him where his house or worke and all his tooles and instruments are... and put him into his house or worke and set fire in all together about him and banish him..." Fired indeed!
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F**k is an English word which, when used literally as a verb, means "to engage in sexual intercourse". It is generally considered to be an offensive profanity. Its origins may be Germanic, akin to the synonymous German "ficken", which had the original meaning, "to strike".\n\nIt is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, and if not, when it first started to be considered vulgar. Some evidence indicates that in some English-speaking locales it was considered acceptable as late as the 17th century meaning "to strike" or "to penetrate". Other evidence indicates that it may have become vulgar as early as the 16th century in England, although neither set of evidence is inherently contradictory to the other, since many words have multiple connotations. The etymology (origin) of the word is uncertain.\n\nThere are several urban-legend false etymologies postulating an acronymic origin for the word. One legend holds that the word f**k came from Irish law. If a couple were caught committing adultery they would be punished "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge In the Nude", with "F U C K I N'" written on the stocks above them to denote the crime.
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The word villian originated from an old Latin word villanus which simply means peasent or serf. Peasents are simply people bound to villa. Villa in turn means Village.\n\nOld european villages were cradles of Pagan worship and hence christianity and other modern religions considered (Remember that christians, jews and muslims believe in monoethism) Pagans as a real threat to their growth. So these modern religions got their grip on urban areas faster than rural areas (or simply villages). The Church hence considered people of villa (villagers) as villians.\n\nCool..\n\nThanks to Dan Brown..
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The word is vagina. \n\nYou may be interested to know that vagina is the Latin for "sheath" (i.e. the thing you put your sword in)!
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It comes from the Latin “bulla” which means root or small round object.\nThe bull’s eye is the eye of the target. It means literally the bull’s eye, sweet and also round.
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I used to be a server and we used to say that all the time but I had no idea where it came from.  So...  I tried to find some info and this is a website I found.  I hope it answers your questions.  I found it interesting.  \n\nhttp://www.dinermuseum.org/culture/culture-slang.php
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It comes from I think the movie "American pie" if I remember correctly. 'Stiffler' uses it. It means Mother I'd like to f*ck.
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In the 1920s, the company got a letter from a fan who mentioned using the knife to kill a bear. While he wrote "kill a bear", it was barely legible as "k a bar", hence the name KABAR.\nThe knife was first made in the early 1920s.
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Everyone is wrong except the guy who said it was from Anglo-Saxon.  "F..k" has a long pedigree in the Germanic languages.  It was found in Proto-Germanic about 2500 years ago as the verb *fukan 'have intercourse'.  This was not vulgar at that time and was a euphemism for some older word.  Ultimately, it comes from Proto-Indo-European *pug- "to strike", from which we get the borrowed Latin form pugilism 'boxing'.