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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brandis, Brandeis, v. Also: brandys, brandes. [ME. brandiss-, braundis(e, var. of brandishe, braundishe, etc., OF. brandiss-, lengthened stem of brandir.]

1. tr. To brandish (a weapon). a1400 Leg. S. ii. 674.
Nero … owth his hevid sittand thar Brandiste a brand that scharply schar Ib. xxxiii. 264.
Brandisand the spere hym til, … [he] Strak the dragone ?1438 Alex. ii. 4184.
Brandissand his speir he ȝeid

2. refl. and intr. To bear oneself with display or unusual gestures. c1420 Wynt. ii. 1280.
Scho pressyd to pleysse hym … Hyr [W. Ay] brandysand in tyll hys sycht c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 33.
His hand wes ay vpoun his knyfe, He brandeist lyk a beir 1513 Doug. iv. v. 105.
Itale [to] dant, quhilk brandysis in battell Ib. 82.
In diuers stowris of ire brandysys sche 1533 Bell. Livy II. 51/3.
The Wolchis and Equis brandisand in sa grete ire Ib. 79/1.
Knawand the king … brandisand throw the army