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to wish for, desire
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  • Gewíscod mid gewil-nungum ealra þinga dæg

    optatus votis omnium dies

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      Hy. S. 89, 2.

  • Ge-wíscodne geseón mid eágan Críst

    optatum videre lumine Christum

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      54, 31.

  • Gewíscedum optatis, i.

    desideratis

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      An. Ox. 806.
to wish for something (gen.) for a person (dat. )
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  • Agathes him andwyrde: ' Beó þín wíf swylc swá Uenus. . . and beó ðé swylc swá Iouis' . . . ' Gif hí sóðe godas synd, gódes ic þé gewísce (

    if they are true gods I am wishing you something good

    ). . . . Hát hí swáy fele ꝥ gif ðú hwylcne wyrige, ꝥ ðú gewísce him ðæs ꝥ his líf beó gelíc þínum láðum godum.
      Hml. S. 8, 5-81.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. gi-wunsken optare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wýscan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50658.

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