adj

• (chiefly UK, dialectal, or poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
  "VVhat is the truſt or ſtrength of fooliſh man? / They that of late vvere daring vvith their ſcoffes, / Are glad and faine by flight to ſaue themſelues."
• (chiefly UK, dialectal, or poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
  "[T]hey vvere faine to patche uppe the Matter vvith a little piece of Paper clappid over the foreſaid VVordes, […]"
• (chiefly UK, dialectal, or poetic) Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
  "Penker in his ſermõ [sermon] ſo loſt his voice that he was faine to leaue of [off] & come downe in the middes."
• (UK, dialectal) Chiefly followed by to, or (obsolete) for or of: eager or willing, or inclined.
  "Man and Birds are fayne of climbing high."

verb

• (transitive)
  "Hovv often vvould the Svvaines prepare their Morrice & their May / To haue a ſight of her, vvhen all enamoured vvent their vvay? / The ſprevvſeſt Citie-Lads for her vvould faine the Countrie-aire, / And that their prouder Girles had but adultrate beauties ſvvaire, […]"
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• (intransitive)
  "A diſtaffe in her other hand ſhe had, / Vpon the vvhich ſhe litle ſpinnes, but ſpils, / And faynes to vveaue falſe tales and leaſings bad, / To throvv amongſt the good, vvhich others had diſprad."