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English
Noun
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.
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bræġn.
Noun
brayne
- Alternative form of brayn
Etymology 2
From brayn (noun).
Verb
brayne
- Alternative form of braynen