fain (adj.) Old form(s): faine
satisfied, well pleased, glad
1H6 III.ii.114[Bedford to himself] They that of late were daring with their scoffs / Are glad and fain by flight to save themselves
KL IV.vii.38[Cordelia to Lear, of Lear on the heath] wast thou fain ... / To hovel thee with swine and rogues
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