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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brangil, Brangle, v. Also: brangill, -el(l. [F. branler, whence also e.m.E. branle, brandle.]

1. intr. To shake, move unsteadily. 1513 Doug. ii. xi. 119.
The tre branglis bostyng to the fall Ib. xii. iv. 14.
The braid hed brangland on the jevillyng speir 1549 Compl. 68/23.
Sche hed ane croune of gold, hingand and brangland, that it vas lyik to fal doune

2. tr. To shake in the hand; to brandish. Also absol. 1513 Doug. x. xiii. 21.
Mezentyus … With a gret speir … Went brangland throu the feild all hym allon Ib. xii. ii. .
The schaft he schuke, and branglys lustely c1590 Fowler 268/9.
Thow brangleth in thy hands these pearcing dartes

3. To cause to shake; to batter (down). c1590 J. Stewart 62/182.
As ane tour … That byds the brasche, And may not branglit bie 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Concutio, to shake or brangle 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xviii. 32.
The sacriledge … were better nor a cannon of battery to brangle downe all 1607 Reg. Privy C. VII. 315.
[They] branglit [the doors, meaning to enter] 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Humors 35 b.
That Mounsieur Camuis should by no meanes brangell his joynts, nor yet play at jaktaleg

4. To shake in respect of firmness or steadiness; to throw into disorder or confusion. 1584 Calderwood IV. 88.
If God had not indued his Majestie with constancie in religion, which by your misbehaviour can not be brangled, muche lesse altered or changed c1590 Fowler 72/133.
Anniball, that … sextene yeares in Italie did brangill thair estait 1600-1610 Melvill 283.
Brangling the discipline of the Kirk 1600 Elgin Rec. II. 81.
Using sic insolens … as mycht brangill and hurt the estait of the commoun weill of this burgh 1602 Colville Parænese 59.
Vtheruayis vee sall be brangillit and maid incertane in the cheif points of our fayth 1624 Dumfries Test. I.* 41.
Ane thousand pundis to fortefie it [the legacy] in caice it wer branglit 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. 113.
The shivering spears do through their bodies tremble And strongly brangled in splents do quickly flee

5. intr. To brawl, behave noisily. 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 125 (R).
I hope thou wald neis That brangillis [v.r. brawlys] thus with thi bost