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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fain/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fain/#x1)
- ‘I would fain get a sight of the king’s son before he marries,’ sighed she. (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fain/#x2)
- ‘I am weary,’ said Arthur, ‘and till my food is prepared I would fain sleep. (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fain/#x3)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.692/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.