An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Shall we view this as an oblique sense of Belg. brins-en, to neigh?

BRAYNE, BRANE, adj. Mad, furious.
Douglas.

A. S. brinn-an, to burn, bren, bryne, fervor; whence bryne-adl, a fever; Su. G. braanad, fervor, ardor.

Brayn-wod, Brane-wod, adj. Mad, in a state of insanity.
Wyntown.
V. [Brayne] and [Wod].

BRAIRD, s. The first sprouting of grain.
V. [Breer].

To BRAIS, v. a. To embrace.
Dunbar.

Fr. bras, the arm, whence embrace, q. in arms.

BRAIS, s. pl. Snares, gins.
Douglas.

A. S. braegd, figmentum, braegden, fraud; gebraegdas, crafts, frauds, subtile contrivances; Isl. Su. G. bragd, fraus.

BRAISE, BRAZE, s. The Roach, a fish, S.
Ure.