fain
part of speech
adverb (old use, mostly in 'would fain')
meaning for a pupil
Fain means gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very much to. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word meaning gladly or willingly; here "would fain flee" means would eagerly like to escape. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a hero says «I would fain» to mean «I would very much like to»
examples
- Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power. (Writings JOB.27.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- I would fain see the king's son. tree →
- She would fain go home. tree →
- I would fain sleep now. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.