Section F, G and H

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fagan, Icel.
faginn glad; AS. fægnian to rejoice, OS.
faganōn, Icel. fagna, Goth. faginōn,
cf. Goth. fahēds joy; and fr. the same root as E.
fair. Srr Fair, a., and cf.
Fawn to court favor.] 1. Well-pleased;
glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

Men and birds are fain of climbing
high.

Shak.

To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up
together with his business.

Jer. Taylor.

2. Satisfied; contented; also,
constrained. Shak.

The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers
at Basle to keep himself from starving.

Locke.

Fain, adv. With joy; gladly; --
with wold.

He would fain have filled his belly with the
husks that the swine did eat.

Luke xv. 16.

Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare
not.

Shak.

Fain, v. t. & i. To be glad ; to
wish or desire.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 23) First and Last Things (page 187) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 205)

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