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THE OBJECTIVE INFINITIVE. 
Met. 1.83: ne wende bonan aefre cuman of baem clammum. 
(2) Inflected: 
Chron. 267 b , 1140 E c : Eustace . . . nam be Kinges suster of France to 
wife, wende to bigceton (sic!) Normandi baerburh. 
4. Verbs of Beginning, Delaying, and Ceasing: — 
ablinnan, cease, desist from: 
(1) Uninflected: 
AElf. L. S. XXX. 39: beheold bone heort and wundrode his micelnysse and 
ablan his cehtan. 
(2) Inflected: 
AElf. Horn. II. 74*: he . . . ne ablind to asendenne bydelas and lareowas to 
laerenne his folc. 
aginnan, begin: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Pr. Ps. 9.30: bonne aginS he sylf sigan, obbe afylb = 9.10: inclinabit se et 
cadet. 
Chron. 206 m , 1070 A c : Da agann se arcebiscop Landfranc atywian mid 
openum gesceade. 
Laws 310, II Cnut, c. 4: we beodab, baet man eard georne clcensian aginne 
on aeghwylcum ende. 
Gosp.: Mat. 24.49: agynd beatan hys efenbeowas = Et coeperit percutere 
conservos suos. — L. 14.29: agynna& hine tcelan = incipiant illudere ei. 
Wulf. 85.1: he agin& leogan deoflice swybe. 
Minor Prose: Apol. 19.28: agan rowan, ob baet he becom to Antiochiam 
— 38 m : navigans attigit Antiochiam. — Apol. 25.9: ba agan se cyngc plegan 
wib his geferan = 43 m : dum cum suis pilse lusum exerceret. 
(2) Inflected: 
Chron. 6 b , 40 F: Matheus on Judea agan his godspell to writen (sic!). — lb. 
8 b , 49 F: Her Nero agann to rixiende (sic! for to rixienne). — lb. 8 b , 116 F: Her 
Adrianus se casere agann to rixienne. — lb. 8 b , 137 F: Her Antoninus agann 
to rixienne. — lb. 137 m , 1006 E b : Agan se cyng georne to smeagenne wib his 
witan. 
beginnan, begin: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Creed 37: he xl daga folgeras sine runum arette y ba his rice began, bone 
uplican ebel secan. 
Chron. 201 m , 1067 D: Da begann se cyngc Malcholom gyrnan his sweostor 
him to wife. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 142 m : Da begann se wer dreorig wepan. 
Mlf. L. S. 216.96: begunnon hi teon to . . . galnysse huse. — lb. 230.186: 
Da began se halga petrus him eallum secgan. 
L. 7.49: Da begunnon ba be bar saeton betwux him cweSan = Et coeperunt 
qui simul accumbebant dicere intra se. 
Wulf. 214.24: baet gelamp iu, bset an halig ancer . . . began hine Sreatigan. 
(2) Inflected: 
Chron. 243*, 1110 E b : Dises geares me began aerost to weorcenne on bam 
niwan mynstre. 
Bened. 32.1: begintS to healdenne = 60.1: incipiet custodire. 
