Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Eager to fight.
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Examples
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Flit words of banded brethren and names of war-fain Kings.
The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature Conrad Hjalmar Nordby 1883
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Forth then from the hallowed houses ride on those war-fain lords,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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Flit words of banded brethren and names of war-fain Kings:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And the heart of a war-fain people from the weary road are ye come;
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And Guttorm the young and the war-fain; and there in the door and the shade,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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The war-fain, darkling kindred; and all their words are praise,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And the heart of a war-fain people from the weary road are ye come;
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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About him throng the sword-men, and they shout as the war-fain cry
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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With no steel save his wood-knife girded; but his war-fain eyes stared wild,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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Where art thou, God of the war-fain? for this is the death indeed;
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
qms commented on the word war-fain
Perhaps the cold grip of mortmain
Or Olympian gods who ordain
That men through the ages
Indulge their wild rages
Disposed to be always war-fain.
July 31, 2016