1 gen 1648 anni - fain
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To be pleased, glad or inclined; formerly a popular word but now confined to dialect speakers. 1482 <i>he was so wery that he was fayn to take of the stryng of hys bow to dryve hys horse with</i>, York (YRS98/67); 1539 <i>intending therby … to enpouerysh hym that he shall eyther be fayn to doo as they list … or ells that he shall be so weried … that he shall not be hable to sue</i>, Kirk Hammerton (YRS41/160); 1648 <i>Anne Bray … told mee that Mitchell was full of trembling and feare, and would faine have an end</i>, Thurlstone (SS65/92).
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