fain

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
2. (UK, archaic, dialectal, poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
3. (UK, archaic, broadly, dialectal, poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
4. (UK, archaic, dialectal) Chiefly followed by to, or (obsolete) for or of: eager or willing, or inclined.
5. (archaic, obsolete) Favourable, well-disposed.
6. (archaic, obsolete) Accustomed, apt, wont.

Adv

1. (archaic, obsolete) Chiefly preceded or followed by would.
2. (archaic, obsolete) Chiefly preceded or followed by would.

Verb

1. (archaic, obsolete, rare, transitive) To be delighted or glad about (someone or something); to rejoice in; also, to favour or prefer (someone or something).
2. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To make (someone) glad; to gladden; hence, to congratulate (someone); to welcome (someone).
3. (Germanic, archaic, intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate or worship; specifically, to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót (“ceremonial offering”).
4. (archaic, intransitive, obsolete) Chiefly followed by of, in, on, or to: to be delighted or glad; to rejoice.
5. (archaic, intransitive, obsolete) To desire, to wish.

Teenoorgestelde van

averse, disinclined, loath, reluctant, unwilling

Sinonieme

willingly

disposed

inclined

gladly

lief

prepared

readily

gladsomely

happily

happy

😀

languid

obliged

persuasible

promptly

weak

well-disposed

willing

hate

😡

compliant

love

❤️

consenting

eager

feeble

fen

forbid

glad

Vertalings

volontiers

gern

volentieri

graag

heureusement

yükümlü

istekli

arzulu

με χαρά

verheugen

gaarne

hevesli

joyeusement

gerne

enclin

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/feɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fain

Geërf van Old English: fægen

Verwante met Old Norse: feginn

Verwante met Goties: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽

Verwante met Old Norse: fagna

Geërf van Middle English: fainen

Geërf van Old English: fæġnian

In summary

From Middle English fain (“enjoyable, pleasing; fond of; glad, pleased; good, suitable; happy, joyful”), from Old English fægen (“happy, joyful, fain”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagan (“glad”), from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (“glad”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful; pretty”).
Cognates
* Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”), feginn (“glad, joyful”)
* Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (faginōn, “to rejoice”)
* Old High German fehan, gifehan (“to rejoice”)
* Old Saxon fagan, fagin