THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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gefon, attempt, undertake: 
Ml] . L. S. XXV. 148: hi gefengon to dreccenne bone fiftan brobor. 
ieldan [eldan], delay: 
Bede 132.16: Mid by . . . se cyning elde ba gyt to gelyfanne = 110.24: 
Cum . . . rex credere differet. •— lb. 430.33 a ’ b : ba be eldende wceran to andet- 
tenne y to betenne heora synna = 308.13 a * b : qui differentes confiteri et emendare 
scelera. 
Woerf. 119.2: ba wees he lange eldende bone to nimanne = B. 148 C l : Quem 
diu demoratus etc. 
Bl. Horn. 7.33: to hwon yldestu middangeard to onlyhtennef 
onfon, undertake: 
Bede 334.4, 5: bset heo onfeng mynster to timbrenne y to endebyrdienne 
«= 254.3: contigit earn suscipere etiam construendum siue ordinandum monas- 
terium. 
Wcerf. 75.33: hwset bset sy bset se . . . feond onfeng swylcere bylde to 
acwyllane in bses huse = 204 A: Quidnam hoc esse dicimus, ut occidendi ausum 
in ejus hospitio antiqus hostis acciperet. 
Bened. 14.17: Wite eac se abbod, bset se be onfehS saula to rcecccenne = 26.1: 
qui suscipit animas regendas (or final?), 
underfon, undertake: 
Greg. 77.4: ba be oberra monna saula underfoot to Icedanne on ba treowa 
hira agenra gearnunga to bam innemestan halignessum = 50.6: qui . . . animas 
adaeterna sacraria perducendas in suse conversationis fide suscipiunt (or final ?). 
— 76. 161.12: bonne hie bara eorblicra monna heortan underfod to Iceronne 
« 116.25: quando terrenum auditorum cor, utdoceant, apprehendunt (or final?). 
— 76. 293.3 a> b : he underfeng ba halgan gesomnunga to plantianne & to ymb- 
hweorfanne, sua se ceorl deb his ortgeard = 220.26: 0. 
Woerf. 113.22: bas stowe se Gota underfeng to clcensienne = B. 144 C: Locum 
autem ipse quem mundandum Gothus susceperat (or final?). — 76. 325.10: se 
me hoefde under]ongen to forswelgenne = 392 B 4 : Gratias Deo, ecce draco qui 
me ad devorandum acceperat fugit (or final?), 
wieman, desist from: 
Greg. 381.6: Swa eac se be ne wirnc? bses wines his lare ba mod mid to ofer- 
drencan[n]e be hine gehieran willab, he bib etc. = 296.9: et dum vino eloquii 
auditorum mentem debriare non desinit, etc. 
5. Verbs of Inclination and of Will: — 
adraedan, fear: 
Mk. 9.32: hi adredon hine ahsiende (sic! but for ahsienne ?) = 9.31: timebant 
interrogare eum. 
anbracian, fear: 
Mlf. Horn. II. 554 tx : Hi anftraciaS to gefarenne lifes wegas. 
beoti(g)an, threaten: 
Chad. 193: swa swa he beotige us to slenne y bonne hwebere bonne gyt ne 
slseb = quoties . . . quasi ad feriendum minitans exerit nec adhuc tamen per- 
cutit (or final?), 
fleon, shun: 
Greg. 33.12: Forbaem se wealhstod [self] Godes & monna, bset is Crist, fleah 
eorbrice to under]onne = 14.4: regnum percipere vitavit in terris. 
