adv. Obs. Also 4 ifaie. [repr. OE. ʓefæʓen adj.: see Y- and FAIN a. (southern ME. faȝe).] Fain, gladly.
a. 1300. Vox & Wolf, 199, in Rel. Ant., II. 276. ‘Woltou,’ quod the vox, ‘srift ounderfonge, Tel thine sunnen on and on, That ther bileve never on.’ ‘Sone,’ quad the wolf, ‘wel i-faie.’
c. 1315. Shoreham, I. 1862. Ne forþe þe moder þet hyt beer, Ne woldest þou nase y-faȝe.
