Ge-wýscan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-wýscan

p. te; pp. ed. I. to wish, desire; optare, desiderare :-- Ic wolde gewýscan ðæt hí næfdon ða heardsǽlþa ðæt hí mihton yfel dón I would wish that they had not the unhappiness of being able to do evil, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 3. II. to adopt :-- Him to gástlícum bearnum gewíscede adopted as his spiritual children, Homl. Th. i. 320, 31. ge-wyscan