THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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Typical examples are the following: — 
1. Verbs of Commanding: — 
bebeodan [bi—], command: 
( 1 ) Uninflected: 
El. 1018: Da seo cwen bebead craeftum getyde sundor asecean. 
Ju. 232: gelcedan bibead to carcerne. — lb. 295: bset he Iohannes bibead 
heafde biheawan . 
Bede 36.31 a< b : het ba 7 bebead hrabe swingan 7 tintregian 'bone Godea 
andettere = 19.31: caedi . . . Dei confessorem a tortoribus praecepit. — lb. 
388.20: Da bebead se biscop beosne to him Icedan = 283.27: Hanc . . . adduci 
praecipit episcopus. 
Laws 46, iElfred, Intr., c. 49, § 7: he bebead bone hlaford lufian swa hine. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 380 b 1 - 2 : Nero bebead Petrum and Paulum on bendum geheal- 
dan, and ba sticca Simones hreawes mid wearde besettan. 
(2) Inflected: 
Bede 412.1: ba bing, be ic bebead him to secganne = 297.30: quae tibi dicenda 
praecepi (or final?). 
Oros. 292.27: bser Maximus mid firde bad set Aquilegia bsere byrig, 7 his 
ealdormen Andregatia hcefde beboden ba clusan to healdanne = 293.28: Aquileiae 
tunc Maximus victoriae suae spectator insederat. Andragathius comes ejus 
summam belli administrabat (or final ?). 
Chron. 206*, 1070 A b : se arcebiscop . . . bebead bam biscopan . . . ba 
serfise to donde (sic! for to donne). 
Laws 42, iElfred, Intr., c. 49 a : Dis sindan ba domas be se . . . God seif 
sprecende wses to Moyse 7 him bebead to healdanne. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 316 b : gif ge wyrcende beob ba bincg be ic bebeode eow' to 
gehealdenne. 
Mlf. L. S. 22.203: foresceawige hwset heo gehwylcum lime bebeode to donne. 
Wulf. 294.28: ba godan weorc, be god us beboden hcef& to adreoganne on bam 
drihtenlican dsege. — lb. 296.5: wite ge . . . bset ic sefre fram frymbe bebead 
bone drihtenlican dseg to healdenne. 
beodan, command: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Mlf. Horn. II. 262*: bsedon bset he bude ba byrgene besettan mid wacelum 
weardum. 
(2) Inflected: 
Greg. 47.13: bonne he for nanre anwielnesse ne wibcuib bam nyttan weor- 
cum be him mon beode& to underfonne = 24.24: cum ad respuendum hoc, quod 
utiliter subire praecipitur , pertinax non est. 
Pr. Ps. 39.7: Ne bud (sic!) bu me na selmessan to syllan (sic!), ne for 
minum synnum = holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti. 
Laws 42, Alfred, Intr., c. 49, § 3 a : we geascodon bset ure geferan sume . . . 
to eow comon 7 eow hefigran [wisan budon] to healdanne bonne we him budon. 
Wulf. 231.1 :behealdab . . . ba fsestendagas, be men eow beodaS to healdenne. 
beweri(g)an [bi-], prohibit , forbid: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Bede 82.24: we him ne sculon biwerigan bam halgan geryne onfon = 58.27 b : 
a nobis prohiberi non debet accipere. 
