From the
Narn I Chîn Húrin
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"Keep your hate!" said {Dorlas}[Darlas]. "It is as feeble as all your counsels. But for me the Orcs would have come and hung you as a scarecrow in your own garden. Take the name skulker to yourself!" And with that, being for his shame the readier to wrath, he aimed a blow at Brandir with his great fist, and so ended his life, before the look of amazement left his eyes: for Brandir drew his sword and hewed him his death-blow. Then for a moment he stood trembling, sickened by the blood; and cast¬ing down his sword he turned, and went on his way, bowed upon his crutch.
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It seems to me at least that it was because Darlas attacked him first that Brandir killed him. It looks like a reaction and not something that he thought of.
IMO, if Darlas would have walked away, he would not have been killed by Brandir.