"fawe" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

Etymology: Compare fain. Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} fawe
  1. fain; glad; delighted
    Sense id: en-fawe-enm-adj-NG9be7wd Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Etymology: From Old English fāh. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fāh#Etymology 2}} Old English fāh Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|altform=1}} fawe
  1. alternative form of fou (“multicolored”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fou (extra: multicolored)
    Sense id: en-fawe-enm-adj-BUUhqUSn Categories (other): Old English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Old English links with manual fragments: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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