Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand. · To make a violent attack or charge.
The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. · The force or shock of an attack in war. · The major part of something; the bulk. · A violent attack or charge in battle.
From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna).
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