(after 14th c. only Sc.) [f. BRAIN sb. + WOOD a., OE. and ME. wód mad.] Frenzied in brain or mind; mad.

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a. 1340.  Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 6707. For hungre þai sal be als brayne-wode.

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c. 1375.  ? Barbour, St. Alexis, 214. Ȝouland as half brawne wod.

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c. 1425.  Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. xiii. 51. He swa mankyd, as brayne-wode Kest fast wyth þe Stwmpe þe Blode In-til Willame Walays face.

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a. 1550.  Christis Kirke Gr., xxii. Quhyn thay had beirit lyk baitit bullis, And branewod brynt in bails.

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