fainest
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.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | archaic ( |
| —adj | |
| 2. | obsolete |
| a. willing or eager | |
| b. compelled | |
| [Old English fægen; related to Old Norse fegiun happy, Old High German gifehan to be glad, Gothic fahehs joy; see | |
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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").
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