Wishing

Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)

• attestation: Wishing to establish his wavering spirit. (The Danish History, > Book Five.)

  "Wishing to establish his wavering spirit, and strengthen the courage of his weakling soul, she said: "Bridals are for young men, but the tomb awaits the old."

• attestation: Wishing to explore it. (The Danish History, > Book Eight.)

  "Wishing to explore it, he told his companions, who were standing posted at the door, to strike a fire from flints as a timely safeguard against demons, and kindle it in the entrance."

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• relationship: Wishing to have some more definite evidence, I wrote again, and he informs me that his father was very fond of talking about his father, Elis oV Nant*s grandfather, who appears to have been a characte (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

  "Wishing to have some more definite evidence, I wrote again, and he informs me that his father was very fond of talking about his father, Elis oV Nant*s grandfather, who appears to have been a character and a great supporter of Sir Robert Williams, especially in a keenly contested political election in 1796, when the latter was opposed by the then head of the Penrhyn family."