Derivational suffix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, repetitive, or intensive actions or events (formed on verbs, earlier also on nouns): (a) Inherited from OE: brast-(e)len clatter, cp……

(a) To entrap (sb.), take unawares; also, surprise (sb.); also, overtake (sth.);—used fig. (b) of illness: to take hold of (sb.), afflict; also, of an emotion: seize control of (sb.); (c) to take……

(a) To hurl (sb. or sth.), fling, throw, cast;—also refl.; also fig. and in fig. contexts; of a whale: spew (water), spout; drop (a substance into another substance); also, with adverbs: throuen awei……