THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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mare lepfed to bugianne buton swelce on lytel cauertun = 44.18: uix angustissima 
inhabitcindi hominibus area relinquetur (or final?). 
Sencan, consider , plus halwende, salutary: 
Mlf. L. S. XXV. 479: Hit is halig geSoht and halwende to gebiddenne for Sam 
forSfarendum. 
Syncan, seem, consider (?), plus wurSlicor, more worthily: 
Ml}. Horn. I. 48* 4 : Sonne Se is geSuht wurSlicor be Criste to cweSenne Godes 
Bearn Sonne mannes Bearn. 
III. The uninflected and the inflected infinitive are each found as the sub¬ 
ject of the passive of the following verbs: — 
aliefan [-e-, -y-], allow. bebeodan, command. 
With each of these verbs the inflected infinitive is commoner than the un¬ 
inflected, with aliefan far commoner. 
The following are typical examples: — 
aliefan 1 [-e-, -y-], allow: 
( 1 ) Uninflected: 
Bede 84.20: mid Sy him eac alyfed biS, swa we ser cwsedon, in cirican gongan 
= 59.20; cum ei . . . ecclesiam licuerit intrare. — lb. 278.10, 11: nsenegum 
biscope alefad seo in sengum Singe heo unstillian, ne owiht of heora eahtum . . . 
ongeneman = 216.7, 8: nulli episcoporum liceat ea in aliquo inquietare, nec 
quicquam de eorum rebus uiolenter abstrahere. — lb. 278.22: nsengum heora 
alefedsy senge sacerdlice Segnunge don = 216.22: nulli . . . liceat . . . officium 
. . . agere. — lb. 280.1: nsengum alefed sy nemne selice gesinscipe habban = 
217.1: nulli liceat . . . habere conubium. 
( 2 ) Inflected: 
Gu. 1223: giefe . . ., Se me alyfed nis to gecySenne cwicra sengum on fold- 
wege fir a cynnes. 
Boeth. 121.19 a : Sset men sie alefed yfel to donne = 103.93 a : uel licentiam 
uel impunitatem scelerum putant esse felicem. 
Wcerf. 39.21: Sset us nu ncere alyfed to farenef = 176 A: pergere minime 
liceret? — lb. 156.3: Sset him wcere alyfed ut to farenne = B. 182 B 1 : atque 
importunis precibus ut relaxeretur immineret. — lb. 214.8: to Son Sset him 
ncere na alyfed ofer Sset furSur to ganne = 261 A: ne ei ultra liceret progredi. 
Bened. 86 . 6 : secggende Sset him alyfed nis wiS cuman to sprecenne - 154.7: 
dicens sibi non licere colloqui cum hospite. 
Bl. Horn. 137.15: us is alefed edhwyrft to Ssem ecean life, & heofena rice 
to gesittenne mid . . . halgum. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 40 m : Bis nis nu alyfed nanum men to donne. 
Mlf. L. S. XXV. 684: On Sam dagum wees alyfed to alecgenne his fynd. 
Mat. 12 . 2 : Nu Sine leorningcnihtas doS Sset him alyfyd nys restedagun to 
donne = Ecce discipuli tui faciunt quod non licet facere sabbatis. — lb. 12.10: 
ys hyt alyfed to hcelenne on restedagum? = Si licet sabbatis curare f 
Wulf. 210.17: cwseS, Sset six dagas syndon, ‘Sset eow is alefed eowre weorc 
on to wyreenne.’ — lb. 227.12 a> b , 13: ne mylnum nis alyfed to eornenne ne on 
huntaS to ridenne ne nan unalyfedlic weorc to wyreenne. 
bebeodan, command: 
1 Cf. Gorrell, l. c., p. 382. 
