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THE OBJECTIVE INFINITIVE. 
forgieman [-y-], neglect: 
Laws 453, Gerefa, Inscr., c. 3, § l c - d : oferhogie he ofifie forgyme Sa Sing to 
beganne 7 to bewitanne. 
forgiemeleasian f-y-], neglect: 
/Elf. Horn. II. 102 b : Gif Su / orgymeleasast to dcelenne aelmessan. 
forseon, despise: 
Wcerf. 180.17: he forseah to donne Saet heo hine baed = 217 B 1 : non solum 
facere, sed etiam audire despiceret. 
/Elf. Horn. II. 374L forsihd to cumenne. 
/Elf. L. S. 290.96: Sume faeston eac swa Saet hi forsawon to etanne. 
Wulf. 296.28: forSan hig forsawon aer to healdenne Sone halgan daeg mid 
rihte. 
gedyrstlaecan, presume, dare: 
Bened. 15.13: Saet nan ne gedyrstlcece ... his agenne raed to bewerigenne 
= 28.3: ut non prcesumant . . . defendere etc. — lb. 106.4: ne gedyrstlcece he 
na Sa Senunga to beginnenne = 172. 12 : nullatenus aliqua prcesumat. 
/Elf. Horn. II. 392* 2 : He gedyrstlcehte to ganne up on Saere sae Surh Crist, 
getilian, strive for, attempt: 
Solil. 35.17: ne aeac maran getilige to haldcenne Sonne ic gemetlice bi beon 
mage = mihi . . . persuasit, nullo modo appetandas esse divitias. 
giernan [-y-], desire, yearn for: 
Bede 480.11: monige ... hi seolfe j hira beam ma gyrnaS in mynster ond 
on Godes Seowdomhad to sellenne Sonne etc. = 351.21: plures . . . se suosque 
liberos . . . satagunt magis . . . monasterialibus adscribere uotis quam bel- 
licis exercere studiis. 
Bl. Horn. 53.25: swa Sa halgan dydon Se on Syssum life naht ne sohton ne 
ne gyrndon to hcebbenne. 
Pr. Gu. I. 7: Sa gyrnde he him his gemaeccan to nymanne = adoptata sibi 
coaetanea virgine inter . . . puellarum agmina etc. — lb. II. 93: Sa girnde 
he his sealmas to leornianne = Dum enim litteris edoctus psalmorum canticum 
discere maluisset. 
higian, strive for, be intent on: 
Greg. 105.14: Saette sua hwelc sua inweard higige to gangenne on Sa duru 
Saes ecean lifes = 72.18: ut quisquis intrare aeternitatis januam nititur. 
Wcerf. 178.3 a> b : gif we higia& to oSra aeSelra wera wundrum Sa to gereccanne 
7 to asecganne = B. 204 C 2 : ut si ad aliorum miracula enarranda tendimus. 
oferhogian [and forgieman], despise: 
Laws 453, Gerefa, Inscr., c. 3, § l a> b : quoted under forgieman above, 
onscunian, shun, fear: 
/Elf. Horn. II. 346 4 3 : Hwi onscunast Su to underfonne Sisne lichaman? 
/Elf. Hept.: Ex. 8.26: Sa Sing, Se Egipstisce onscuniad to offrianne = abomi- 
nationes enim iEgyptiorum immolabimus domino deo nostro? 
reccan, care for: 
Laws 40, Alfred, Intr., c. 40: Leases monnes word ne rec Su no Saes to 
gehieranne. 
/Elf. L. S. 440.122: gif ge rohton hit to gehyrenne. 
swerian, swear: 
Chron. 268 m , 1140 E f ’ g : Bis . . . suoren to halden (sic!) Se King 7 te eorl; 
. . . alle . . . suoren Se pais to halden (sic!). 
