UNFAIN ADJ. not glad or delighted; displeased, sorry, sorrowful; reluctant; having a feeling of dislike; unfond ...1338 arch. exc. Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from Old English unfægen (from un- + fægen [fain adj. glad under the circumstances], = Old Norse úfeginn (Norwegian ufegen). FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1338 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Whan he had samned his oste of folk fer & nere, He seged bi þat coste þe kastelle of Tenkere. Whilom Wiliam Mortayn þerof lord was, þe Courthose is vnfayn, him þenk it a trespas. þerfor þe duke him dight, as man of grete value, Roberd Beleyse with myght, þe sege þei wend remue..." From: Peter Langtoft's Chronicle As Illustrated and Improv'd by Robert of Brunne (Robert Mannyng), from the Death of Cadwalader to the End of K. Edward the First's Reign - Translated by Robert Mannyng
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