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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Brain,) Brayn(e, Brane, a. and adv. [ME. brayn (14th c.), perh. a shortening of brain-wode.] Furious; furiously. —c1420 Wynt. iv. 1906 (W).
Quhen thai that fyre saw brynnand brayne 1513 Doug. xi. xvii. 73.
He walxis brayn in furor bellicall Ib. xii. xii. 117.
Half myndles and brane
