fain

«fain» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: gladly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

gladly

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

gladly or willingly. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used except in 'would fain'; today we say gladly or would like to very much.

examples

• I'd fain see him to have a turn with him." (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
• ‘I would fain get a sight of the king’s son before he marries,’ sighed she. (The Lilac Fairy Book) tree →
• ‘I am weary,’ said Arthur, ‘and till my food is prepared I would fain sleep. (The Lilac Fairy Book) tree →

primary record

fain

tests

manual 10.4; corpora 40 (Torah 0, tales 40, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 4.5 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.