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wýscan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wýscan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §114; §286; §312; §531;
To wish.
with gen. to wish for,
desire
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  • Hé helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðelríces,

      Salm. Kmbl. 212; Sal. 105.
  • Hý ðæs betran lífes wýscaþ and wénaþ,

      Exon. Th. 106, 26; Gú. 47.
  • Wíscaþ,

      115, 24; Gú. 194.
  • Hié his tócymes wýscton, Blickl. Homl. 103, 12. (1 a)

    to wish

    something to or for a person :-- Ða apostolas hǽlo eów wýscaþ,
      L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 13.
  • Ne cuæð hé ðæt for ðý ðe hé ǽnegum men ðæs wýscte oððe wilnode

    non optantis animo,

      Past. 1; Swt. 29, 11.
  • Ne wyrige nán man óðerne, ne yfeles ne wísce,

      Homl. Th. ii. 34, 27.
with acc.
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  • Ic sceal his róde sigor swíðor wíscan ðonne ondrǽdan,

      Homl. Th. i. 594, 20.
in a precatory or imprecatory sense, = utinam,
with clause
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  • Ic wýsce ðæt heorte healde lufe

    utinam cor teneat amorem,

      Scint. 25, 1.
  • Ðæt ic eác swylce wísce forþ sié on leornunge úra stafa

    quod utinam exhinc etiam nostrarum lectione litterarum fiat,

      Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 7.
  • Ic wísce ðæt Ysmahél libbe ætforan ðé

    utinam Ismael vivat coram te,

      Gen. 17, 18.
  • Ic wísce ðæt hig wiston

    utinam saperent,

      Deut. 32, 29.
  • Gif ic ðé ne geþence, ic wísce ðæt ic eft forlidennesse gefare,

      Ap. Th. 12, 10.
  • Wé wísceaþ ðæt wé wǽron ǽr deád

    utinam mortui essemus,

      Num. 14, 3.
  • Hié wýscaþ ðæt hié nǽfre nǽron ácennede,

      Blickl. Homl. 93, 27.
  • Ic oft wíscte and wolde ðæt hyra læs wǽre swá gewinfulra

    que utinam minus fuissent laboriosa,

      Nar. 2, 28.
  • Ðú wýsctest ðæt ðú wistest Crist on róde ahangenne,

      Blickl. Homl. 85, 33.
  • Hé oft wýscte ðæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweoran

    exclamasse fertur: 'Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet,'

      Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 26: Exon. Th. 378, 33; Deór. 25.
  • Wíscte,

      Ps. Th. 14, arg. Hí
    wíscton ðæt hí móston swá wunian óð ende, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 401.
where the words of the wish are given
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  • Alexander ðá wíscte: 'Eálá gif ðú wǽre hund,' Homl. Th. ii. 308, 13.
with gen. and appositional clause
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  • Ic ðæs wísce, ðæt wegas míne on ðínum willan weorþan gereahte

    utinam dirigantur viae meae,

      Ps. Th. 118, 5.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. wunscen optare: Icel. œskja.]
Similar entries
v. ge-wýscan.
Linked entries
v.  wíscan.
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