brayn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• brain, braine, brayne, breyn, breyne
• braȝen (Early Middle English); brane (Northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbræi̯n/, /ˈbræi̯ən/

Noun

brayn (plural braynes)

1. The brain; the organ of thought:
   1. Brain matter; the substance composing the brain.
   2. The brain of an animal as food.
2. One's capacity of thought; the mind.
3. Bone marrow; the substance inside bones.

Derived terms

• brayn panne
• braynen
• braynles
• brayny

Descendants

• English: brain
• Middle Scots: braine, brane
  • Scots: brain
• Yola: bryne, brine, brian

References

• “brain, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 July 2018.