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Anglo-Saxon

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wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te
Entry preview:

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.

Linked entry: wíscan

ge-wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wýscan, p. te; pp. ed.

to wish ⬩ desire ⬩ optare ⬩ desiderare ⬩ to adopt

Entry preview:

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. to adopt Him to gástlícum bearnum gewíscede adopted

Linked entries: ge-wíscan wýscan

ge-wýscan

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Add: to wish for, desire Gewíscod mid gewil-nungum ealra þinga dæg optatus votis omnium dies Hy. S. 89, 2. Ge-wíscodne geseón mid eágan Críst optatum videre lumine Christum 54, 31. Gewíscedum optatis, i. desideratis An. Ox. 806. to wish for something

-wýscing

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-wýscing

wýsc

(n.)
Grammar
wýsc, es; m.
Entry preview:

Choice Ðá him wiisc [wúsc?] seald wæs optione data, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 40

Linked entry: wúsc-bearn

ge-wýscing

Entry preview:

Substitute Gé onféncgon gást gewýscincge ( adoptionis ) bearna, Scint. 64, 13. Gewíscinge, R. Ben. 10, 14

ge-wýscing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wýscing, e; f.

Adoption

Entry preview:

Adoption, R. Ben. 2, Lye

Linked entries: -wýscing ge-wýscedness

næs

(v.)
Grammar
næs, = ne wæs

was not

Entry preview:

Hié wýscaþ ðæt hié nǽfre nǽron ácennede Blickl. Homl, 93, 28

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