brayne
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]brayne (plural braynes)
- Obsolete form of brain.
- 1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “That there is but Onely One God”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 18:
- The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English bræġn.
Noun
[edit]brayne
- Alternative form of brayn
Etymology 2
[edit]From brayn (noun).
Verb
[edit]brayne
- Alternative form of braynen