Obs. [Cf. BRAINISH.] Furious, mad.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 286. If any Be so bolde in his blod, brayn in hys hede.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XI. xvii. 73. He walxis brayne in furour bellicall.
a. 1807. J. Skinner, Amusem. Leis. Hours (1809), 44 (Jam.).
Sanny soon saw the sutor slain,, | |
He was his ain hawf-brither; | |
I wat right well he was fu brain, | |
And fu could he be ither? |