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THE OBJECTIVE INFINITIVE. 
ASlf. Horn. I. 158 b : For nahte he tealde aenig Sing to biddenne buton gesihSe. 
teohhian [till-, tioh-], think, determine: 
Boeth. 51.6: hwider ic Se nu tiohige to loedenne = 51.15 b : si quonam te 
ducere aggrediamur agnosceres.— lb. 116.12: for Saere wrasce tihodon hine to 
forloetenne =0. — lb. 143.19: ne tiohhode to wyrcanne = 0. 
Greg. 305.4: forSaem he tiohchode him ma to fultemanne = 232.12: solatium 
petivit ut daret. — lb. 305.5: he sohte hine him to latSeowe on Saem wege, 
forSaem he teohchode hine to leedanne on iifes weg = 232.13: ducem requirebat 
in via, ut dux ei fieri potuisset ad vitam. — lb. 445.8: forSaem, gif Saet ne wexS 
Saet hie tiohhia& to donne = 372.20: Si enim quod videtur gerendum, . . . non 
crescit. 
Solil. 36.12: Ic gehyre nu Saet Su ne tiohhast nan wif to hsebbenne = 0 . 
Pr. Ps. 39.16: Sa Se ehtaS mine sawle and hy teohhiatS me to afyrrane 
* 39.15: qui quaerunt animam meam, ut auferant earn. 
Seahti^an , 1 think upon, meditate: see Greg. 55.22 under smeagan. 
understandan, understand: 
Apol. 19.19: Sone deaS hi oferhogodon and Sone raedels understodon to 
arcedenne = 0. 
weddian, contract, agree: 
L. 22.5: him weddedon feoh to syllenne = pacti sunt peeuniam illi dare. 
witan [nytan], know [know not]: 
Gen. 243: nyston sorga wiht to begrornianne. 
Ju. 557: wiste he Si gearwor, manes melda, magum to secgan (sic!), susles 
Segnum, hu etc. 
Oros. 220.9: HwaeSer Romane hit witen nu aenegum men to secganne, hwaet 
etc. = 0 . 
Chron. 224 m , 1087 E d : Sa Englisce men . . . adrengton ma Sonne aenig 
man wiste to tellanne. 
Laws 166, V ^Ethelstan, Prol., 3: we nytan nanum oSrum Singum to getru- 
wianne (or with noun?). — lb.: 180, VI TEthelstan, c. 8 , § 8 : Gyf he nyte spor 
to tcecenne (or with noun?). 
Adlf. Horn. II. 5Q6 b : Da nyste heora nan his naman to secgenne. 
4. Verbs of Beginning, Delaying, and Ceasing: — 
anforlsstan, abandon: 
Wcerf. 337.2: heo byS deadlic, Sonne heo anforloet syngiende (sic! but for 
syngienne ?), Saet heo eadiglice 7 rihtlice lifige = 405 B: Anima itaque et mortaiis 
esse intelligitur, et immortalis. Mortaiis quippe, quia beate vivere amittit. 
elcian, delay: 
JElf. Horn. II. 282 4 : Ne elca Su to gecyrrenne to Gode. [Cf. JEJf. Horn. II. 
26*: Dset he leng ne elcode to his geleafan.] 
forwieman, prevent from, prohibit: 
JElf. Horn. I. 6Q4 ml : Swa swa daeges leoht forwyrnd gehwilcne to gefrem- 
menne Sset Sast seo niht geSafaS. 
JElf. L. S. 380.249: god . . . ne eac us forwyrnS yfel to wyrcenne. 
gaelan, hinder from: 
Greg. 445.30: Sonne ne gcel<5 us nan Sing te (sic!) fullfremrnanne Sa godan 
weorc = 374.14: erga coeptum studium nullo torpore languerunt. 
1 Cf. Gorrell, l. c., p. 475. 
