Ge-wȳscan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

ge-wȳscan

Add: (l) to wish for, desire :-- Gewīscod mid gewil-nungum ealra þinga dæg optatus votis omnium dies, Hy. S. 89, 2. Ge-wīscodne geseón mid eágan Crīst optatum videre lumine Christum, 54, 31. Gewīscedum optatis, i. desideratis, An. Ox. 806. (2) to wish for something (gen.) for a person (dat.) :-- Agathes him andwyrde: ' Beó þīn wīf swylc swā Uenus. . . and beó dē swylc swā Iouis' . . . ' Gif hī sōde godas synd, gōdes ic þē gewīsce (if they are true gods I am wishing you something good). . . . Hāt hī swāy fele ꝥ gif dū hwylcne wyrige, ꝥ dū gewīsce him dæs ꝥ his līf beó gelīc þīnum lādum godum. Hml. S. 8, 5-81. [O. H. Ger. gi-wunsken optare.] ge-wyscan