Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel. · To create a disturbance; to complain loudly. · Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise. · To pour abuse on; to scold.
The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German prālen (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)). The noun is derived from Middle English brall, bralle, braul, braule, brawle (“disturbance, squabble; brawl”), from the verb braulen: see above.
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