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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Work up

Hi.
How is it that Berserkers
"worked themselves up into battle frenzies"
What would they do to themselves?

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Have a look here. org/gods-and-creatures/others/berserkers-and-other-shamanic-warriors / They worked themselves up into a state of quasi-religious craziness. Clive

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  • org/gods-and-creatures/others/berserkers-and-other-shamanic-warriors / They worked themselves up into a state of quasi-religious craziness.
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Some historians believe they worked themselves up into a furious rage in a form of self induced hysteria or self hypnosis. Other scholars believe they ate or drank something that contained some sort of mind-altering drug.
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What's the difference between
"
who worked themselves up into battle frenzies"
and
"who filled themselves with the enthusiasm for battle"?

Thanks in advance
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A frenzy suggests out-of-control craziness,
Enthusiasm does not.
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So worked themselves up with=filled themselves up with?
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Broadly speaking, yes.
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