fain

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

volentieri

felicemente

lietamente

Opposto di

averse, disinclined, loath, reluctant, unwilling

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

volontiers

gern

graag

heureusement

yükümlü

hevesli

με χαρά

gaarne

verheugen

arzulu

istekli

joyeusement

gerne

enclin

disposat

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/feɪn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: fain

Ereditato da inglese antico: fægen

Affine norse antico: feginn

Affine gotico: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽

Affine norse antico: fagna

Ereditato da inglese medio: fainen

Ereditato da inglese antico: 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