·adv With joy; gladly;
— with wold.
II. Fain ·adj Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.
III. Fain ·adj Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
IV. Fain ·vt & ·vi To be glad ; to wish or desire.
glad. N. He would fain have gone, he would gladly have gone. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose