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Old English · verb

wyscan

Normalised wȳsċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈwyːʃ.ʃɑn/
Syllables
ˈwyːʃ · ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
wish

Meaning

  1. to wish (+genitive for something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wyscan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wȳsċewȳsċte
2nd singular wȳsċestwȳsċstwȳsċtest
3rd singular wȳsċeþwȳsċþwȳsċte
Plural wȳsċaþwȳsċton
Subjunctive
Singular wȳsċewȳsċte
Plural wȳsċenwȳsċten
Non-finite forms of wyscan
Form
Infinitive wȳsċan
Inflected infinitive wȳsċenne
Imperative singular wȳsċ
Imperative plural wȳsċaþ
Present participle wȳsċende
Past participle wȳsċedġewȳsċed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną. Cognate with Old High German wunsken, Old Norse œskja.

Descendants

wish

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