Etymology

A prefixed v. formed on brunt.

PGmc Ancestor

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

cp. bruna (v.) ‘to move (like fire), surge, come rushing’
(ONP cp. bruna (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1

Attestation

Apparently a unique occurrence of the prefixed form (which is not treated by MED or OED).  The simplex v. ME bruntenhas no evident dialectal bias.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 1214

Bibliography

MED bronten (v.), OED brunt (v.), EDD brunt (sb.)