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BRÆGEN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BRÆGEN, brægn, bragen, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§349;
The BRAIN; cerebrum, cerebellum
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  • Wið tobrocenum heáfde, and gif ðæt brægen útsíge, genim æges ðæt geoluwe

    for a broken head, and if the brain appears, take the yolk of an egg,

      L. M. 1. 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 19.
  • Brægen cerebrum vel

    cerebellum,

      Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 38 ; Wrt. Voc. 42, 46.
  • Brægn

    cerebrum,

      Wrt. Voc. 64, 25.
  • Bragen

    cerebrum,

      70, 25.
  • Brægenes ádl

    the disease of the brain,

      L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 3.
  • On his brægn astíge his unriht

    in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet,

      Ps. Th. 7, 16.
Etymology
[Chauc. brain: R. Glouc. brayn: Laym. brain, braȝen: Plat. brägen: O. Frs. brein, brin, n: Dut. brein, n. cerebrum.]
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v.  bragen.
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  • BRÆGEN, n.