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Revision as of 07:03, 9 June 2016
Hajduk, 1703, prominently displaying a wicked-looking one-handed axe-and-pick weapon. Some scholars believe that this is The Brandisher himself; others argue that the image is a forgery and a calumny.
Brandishing is displaying a weapon in order to intimidate another person.
Etymology
brand (n.)
Old English brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (source also of Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant, Old Frisian brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," German brand "fire"), from root *bran-/*bren- (see burn (v.)).
- Meaning "identifying mark made by a hot iron" (1550s)
- Broadened by 1827 to "a particular make of goods."
- Brand name is from 1922.
brand (v.)
- c. 1400, "to brand, cauterize; stigmatize," originally of criminal marks or cauterized wounds, from brand (n.).
- As a means of marking property, 1580s;
- Figuratively from c. 1600, often in a bad sense, with the criminal marking in mind. Related: Branded; branding.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=brand
Fiction cross-reference
Green Lanterns brandishing their power rings.