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fain

  [feyn]
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–adverb
1. gladly; willingly: He fain would accept.
–adjective
2. content; willing: They were fain to go.
3. Archaic. constrained; obliged: He was fain to obey his Lord.
4. Archaic. glad; pleased.
5. Archaic. desirous; eager.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE fæg(e)n; c. ON feginn happy; akin to fair 1
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fain 
O.E. fægen, fagen "glad, cheerful, happy," from a common Gmc. root (cf. O.N. feginn "glad," O.H.G. faginon, Goth. faginon "to rejoice").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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