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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Fayn, v.1 [ME. fayne, faine, OE. fæᵹnian.] tr. To fawn upon. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xlvii. 183.
Thai bestis … fell al thre til hir fet, & faynand hir thare talis knet