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unˈfain, a. Now arch. and dial.
[OE. unfæᵹen (f. un- un-1 7 + fæᵹen fain a.), = ON. úfeginn (Norw. ufegen).]
Not glad or delighted; ill-pleased, sorry; reluctant.
a1300Cursor M. 3591 Quen þai it [sc. eld] haue þai are vnfayn, And wald ha youthed þan again. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 100 He seged bi þat coste þe kastelle of Tenkere... Þe Courthose was vnfayn, him þenk it a trespas. c1400Destr. Troy 12107 All þe folke were vnfayn, & of fyn will To haue reft hir the rynke. a1450Le Morte Arth. 2691 They made hem Redy to that Rese, There-fore was fele folke vnfayne. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 43 Force it wes the Romanis for till fle, And leif the feild, thocht tha war rycht vnfane. a1600Flodden F. xiv. in Child Ball. III. 355 If Lancashire and Cheshire be fled and gone, Of those tydings wee may be vnfaine.
1846Whistle-Binkie II. 11 Though o' him the men were a' rede and unfain, The lasses aye leuch when they met him again. 1876Whitby Gloss. 1881Macm. Mag. XLIII. 234 As she told, The hearers were unfain to hear. |