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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Faine, Fane, v. Also: fayne, fainge. [e.m.E. and ME. faine, var. of faigne, feigne, OF. feign-, feindre. Cf. Fenȝe v.] intr. To feign. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxi. 68 (M).
This mane … neuir flatter couthe nor faine [: complaine] 1567 Sat. P. iii. 145.
With Clitemnestra I do not fane to fletche a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitl. F. xxix. 73.
I hait flatterie, … Ȝit man I leir to flatter, glois, and fayne a1605 Montg. Misc. P. iv. 44.
Quhy wes I faithfull and refusde to fane? 1665 Lauder Journal ii.
The occasion of the institution of this day they fainge to be this