u/M_M_Storyteller

I'd like help with a translation for my writing

Hello my Old English geeks of reddit,

I am currently writing a short fiction piece for my college intro to fiction class, though not set in 600-110AD but in the modern era, one of the character does speak a line of Old English (cus hes a little behind when it comes to speaking Modern English but also as a giant 'fuck you Frank for telling me what to do') and was hoping of some pointers and corrections on my translation, spelling (including if I put all the right diacritics), and word choice.
Please note that I am not a linguist and made this translation through Modern to Old English dictionaries double check through translators, and hopefully triple checked by you guys who may have a grain of 'I know what I'm going' - don't crucify me.

Here is my OEng translation of what I'm trying to say in MEng.

Old English:
“Hw… forhwý – tō hwón? Iċ hæbbe þone þe iċ ġewilnige.”

Modern English (vibes based translation not a word for word):
"wh... for what reason - to what end? I have my/whom I desire/crave"

I would like to point out that 'Iċ' in 'Iċ hæbbe' may be redundant because several dictionaries said that hæbbe means 'I have' but I wasn't sure if it would.
Also, I'm not sure of 'þone þe' it seemed a little... unsophisticated or childish in the mannerism; but if it is correct in that is how the sentence would actually be worded I'll role with it.
Finally, I am having a bit of frustration picking the last word 'desire/crave' I know "ġe-" is a intensifying prefix that carries a heavier religious or law-like context - I want it there (even if it creates a new made up OEng word), but, I don't know which word to attach it to. From what I found 'wilnige' seems to mean 'I desire, I long for, I yearn for, I ask for' which is kinda what I'm going for but I don't know if there is a more intense/primal word as he is sorta trying to convey 'ever since I saw the thing, I have not desired for the thing, have been longing for this thing for a really long time, and if I do not get the thing I will literally die of a broken heart'.

thank you for the assistance :)

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u/M_M_Storyteller — 10 days ago