THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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teon, accuse: 
Laws 102, Ine B, c. 30: Gif man cyrliscne mannan flymanfeormienne teo, be 
his agenon were geladige [he] hine. [MS. E: . . . fliemanfeorme teo; MS. H.: 
. . . flyman feormie, / hine mon teo.} 
wandian, hesitate, he neglectful of: 
Chron. 178*, 1052 E b : he ne wandode na him metes to tylienne, eode up. 
Laws 138, I Eadweard, Prol.: Ne wandiad for nanum bingum folcriht to 
geregceanne [MS. B: to gerecanne]. 
/Elf. Horn. II. 554* 2 : swa-beah ne wandiaS to licgenne on stuntnysse heora 
asolcennysse. 
Mlf. L. S. XXXI. 699: (5a wandode he lange him bset to secgenne. — lb. 
XXXI. 1036: He eac ne wandode on Sam . . . felda (5a hsebenan to cristnigenne. 
Wulf. 191.6: bydelas . . ., be . . . wandiaS godes riht to sprecanne. 
warenian, shun: 
Bede 474.20: bone hie . . . warenedon to anfonne = 348.9: quern . . . 
uitabant. 
wibcweban, refuse: 
Mlf. Horn. II. 516 b : Ne wiScwetre ic, Drihten, to deorfenne gyt. 
wibsacan, refuse: 
Greg. 383.19: hu, ne wiSscecS se bonne eallunga Godes begn to hionne, se be 
wibssecb bset etc.? = 298.17: profecto esse se Dei denegat, qui etc.? 
6. Habban, 1 have. 
Most of the examples are doubtful. In some examples it is difficult to tell 
whether the infinitive depends on hahban or on a neighboring noun or adverb. 
In some examples the infinitive seems to denote futurity; in others, necessity. 
The examples in full are: — 
Boeth. 52.27: Nsere hit no bset hehste god gif him senig butan wsere, forbsem 
hit bonne hcefde to wilnianne sumes godes be hit self nsefde = 52.10: quoniam 
relinqueretur extrinsecus, quod posset optari (?). 
Laws 106, Ine, c. 42: Gif ceorlas gserstun hcebben gemsenne obbe ober gedal- 
land to tynanne (or final?). 
Mlf. Horn. II. 78 m : gecyrrab nu huru-binga on ylde to fifes wege, nu ge 
habba& hwonlice to swincenne. 
Mlf. Hept.: Ex. 16.23: gearwiab to morgen, bset ge to gearwienne hcebbon 
= quodcumque operandum est, facite, et quse coquenda sunt, coquite. — Judges 
3.20 a : ic hcebbe be to secganne ures godes serende = Verbum dei habeo ad te. 
Mat. 20.22: Mage gyt drincan bone calic be ic to drincenne hcebbe? 
= Potestis bibere calicem quern ego bibiturus sum ? 
A. S. Horn. & L. S. II: 15.149: Geswiga bu earmingc, ne hcefst bu nan 
binge on me to donne (or with noun?). 
The following is a complete alphabetic fist of the verbs having only the 
inflected infinitive as object: — 
adrsedan, fear. 
aeteowan, show. 
anbidian, expect. 
anforlaetan, abandon. 
antSracian, fear. 
aftencan, intend. 
behatan, promise. 
beoti(g)an, threaten. 
1 Cf. Buchtenkirch, l. c., p. 32; Wiilfing, 2 l. c., II, p. 209; Kenyon, l. c., p. 109. 
