THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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Bl. Horn. 55.10 a< b : ongan smeagan & ftencan. — lb. 105.6: Singian ongan. 
— Ib. 151.1: hie (5a ongunnon mid sweordum & mid strengbum byder gan. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 62 b : he ongann Godes geleafan openlice bodian. — Ib. I. 
380 m : ongann fleogan. — lb. II. 138 b : he his geferan befrinan ongann. 
Mlf. L. S. 32.118: ba gebrobra sona ceosan ongunnen eugenia to abbude.— 
lb. 124.118: ba ongunnon heora magas mycclum behreowsian. — Ib. 426.199: 
absalon . . . ongan winnan wib bone faeder. 
Mlf. Hept.: Gen. 4.26: Enos ongan aerest onclypian drihtnes naman 
= coepit invocare nomen domini. 
Mat. 4.2: ba ongan hyne sybban hingrian = postea esuriit. — Ib. 11.7 a : 
ba ongan se Haelynd secgan be Iohanne = Coepit Jesus dicere. 
Wulf. 44.26, 27: ongan ba singan and bus secgan. — Ib. 191.9: gif bar 
hwilc beodscaba sca&ian onginneG. 
(2) Inflected: 
Boeth. 127.23: ic sceal beah hwaethwugu his onginnan be to tcecanne = 108.16: 
aliquid deliberare conabimur (or final?). 
Greg. 423.8: for baem lytlan gode be hi gebenceab, & no ne anginnatS to 
wyrceanne = 344.29: ut et illi dum de bono aliquid agunt, quod tamen non 
perficiunt. 
Pr. Ps. 48.7: gif he sylf na ne onginS to tilianne baet he baet weorb agife to 
alysnesse his sawle = 48.8: Non dabit Deo propitiationem suam, et pretium 
redemptionis animae suae. 
Chron. 30*, 656 E a : se abbot . . . ongan to wircene. — Ib. 147*, 1016 E a : 
Da ongan se aebeling Eadmund to gadrienne fyrde. 
Bened. 62.5: onginne to rcedenne = 116.9: audeat legere. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 50 ra : hine ongunnon aerest to torfienne. — Ib. I. 140 m : bonne 
onginS he to murcnienne. — Ib. I. 150*: swa hrabe swa he ongann man to beonne. 
— Ib. I. 314*: ongunnon to sprecenne mid mislicum gereordum. — Ib. I. 448 b : 
Iulianus ba ongann to lufigenne haebengyld. — Ib. II. 78 b : Witodlice . . . 
ongann se hiredes ealdor to agyldenne bone pening. — Ib. II. 128 b : Ongann ba 
Augustinus mid his munecum to geefenlcecenne baera apostola lif. — Ib. II. 160*: 
Ongunnon ba ba aebelborenan on Rome-byrig him to befcestenne heora cild to 
Godes lareowdome. — Ib. II. 178 b4 : Ongann to flowenne mid ele. — Ib. II. 
486 b 2 : Da ongunnon ba apostoli hi to Icerenne, and to secgenne hu etc. — lb. 
II. 488 bs : hi baerrihte ongunnon to ceowenne heora lichaman. — Ib. II. 488 b7 : 
Da ongunnon ealle ba naeddran to ceowenne heora flaesc and heora blod sucan. 
Mlf. L. S. 228.154: Ongan ba to secgenne bone soban geleafan. — Ib. 328.112: 
cwaeb . . . baet . . . menn ongunnon godspel to writenne. — Ib. 538.820: 
nebwlite ongann to scinenne swilce seo . . . sunne. — Ib. XXVI. 45: ongann 
embe godes willan to smeagenne. 
Mlf. Hept.: Jos. 3.7: ic onginne be to nicersigenne = incipiam exaltare te. — Jos. 
3.16: swa aetstod se stream and ongan to Sindenne ongean = steterunt aquae de- 
scendentes. — Judg. 13.5: he ongintS to alysenne his folc = incipiet liberare Israel. 
^Elfric’s Minor Prose: Mlf. Gr. 212.3: ic onginne to wearmigenne = calesco. 
— Ib. 212.4: ic onginne to anSracigenne = horresco. — Ib. 212.7: ic onginne to 
blacigenne = pallesco. — Napier’s Ad. to Th. 102.31 b : ba ongunnon hi to 
ceorigenne ongean bam hiredes ealdre. — Ib. 102.37 b2 : ongan to forktienne. 
A. S. Horn. & L. S. II. 12.143: Sume men onginnad god to donne. — Ib. 
12.146: sume men onginna<5 yfel to donne. 
