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单词 i, he, etc would fain
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I, he, etc. would (†had) fain
Gladly, willingly, with pleasure. Frequent in I, he, etc. would (had) fain; otherwise Obsolete or archaic.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb]
to goodeOE
thankc888
yernec888
lieflyc900
lovelyeOE
lustly971
willinglyOE
wilfullyc1000
with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE
fainc1175
lustilya1225
lief1297
yfaȝea1300
blethelyc1300
goodlya1375
blelyc1380
willingc1384
bainc1400
acceptably1479
bainlya1500
cheerfully1523
towardly1523
desirously1531
pronely?1532
fainly1535
wilningly1597
bongre1598
libentiously1606
volently1614
propensely1648
easily1649
with (a) good grace1650
unreluctantly1655
with the best will (in the world)1814
unhesitatingly1829
unqualifyingly1841
unloathly1844
happily1889
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c1175 Lamb. Hom. 35 Ic walde fein pinian and sitten on forste and on snawe.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 85 Vor uein wolde þe hexte cwemen ou.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 272/53 I chulle þe telle fayn.
c1440 York Myst. xx. 121 And if þou wolde neuere so fayne.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 430/3 The soppes of which he fayne ete.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. iv. 64 To bryng agane Eneas ful fane thai wald.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxv. 151 The kyng..demaunded of them whyther they wolde faynest go.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. Dv A mirrhour..Wherein her face she often vewed fayne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 63 I would faine dye a dry death. View more context for this quotation
1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §86. 98 I wou'd fain know wherein consists that Sharpness.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. x. 216 He full fain would sleep.
1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix 32 My spirit seeks thee fain.
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 67 Those who would fain divide the community into two great castes.
1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 173 She..kisseth her sweet and fain.
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. vii. 35 She had fainer not.
β. c1330 King of Tars 1058 Ageyn the soudan he gan hyghe, And wolde hym sle ful fawe.c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 308 Þanne wolde þay wel faȝe ȝif þei miȝt helpe to þat sir Olyuer hadde be slaȝe.
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