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THE SUBJECTIVE INFINITIVE. 
(2) Inflected: 
Oros. 102.25: ic gehwam wille Saerto taecan Se hiene his lyst ma to witanne 
= 0. 
Solil. 14.23: Ne lyst me Seah nanes Singes swiSor to witanne Sonne Sises = 0. 
— Ib. 59.33 a> b : ac me lyste hyt nu bet to witanne Sonne to gelyfanne = 0. 
onhagian[an-], please: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Greg. 289.16: Saet hie ne anhagafi nane wuht nyttwyrSes don = 218.19: 
Saepe ergo mansueti dissoiutionis torpescunt taedio. 
(2) Inflected: 
Greg. 341.13: gif he . . . cann gemetgian hwaet hine anhagige to sellanne 
= 264.6: audiant, qnomodo quae habent misericorditer tribuant. — lb. 417.17: 
ForSaemSe Saet Saette hine ne onhagode utane forS to brenganne mid weorcum, 
innanne he hit geSafode = 338.21: quia etsi rerum tarditas foras peccatum 
distulit, intus hoc consensionis opere voluntas implevit. 
Solil. 26.7: ic eom seo racu Se me onhagad Se to gerihtreccenne = Promittit 
enim ratio . . . ita se demonstraturam Deum tuae menti. — Ib. 65.10: Me 
ne onhagaS nu Sa boc ealle to asmceaganne = 0. 
Chron. 175 b , 1052 D c : Da ne onhagode him to cumenne to wiSermale. 
JElf. Horn. I. 448* 3 : Nu ne onhaga& us na swiSor be Sam to sprecenne. 
2Elf. L. S. 4. 37: halgena Srowunga, Se me to onhagode on englisc to 
awendenne. 
2. With Passive Verbs. 
The active infinitive is found as the subject of passive verbs about 48 times. 
The infinitive is inflected about 39 times. 
I. The uninflected infinitive only, as subject, is found twice (once preceding 
and once following the chief verb) with the passive of bewerian, prohibit: — 
Bede 76.19: Fulwian Sonne Saet . . . wif . . . naenige gemete is bewered - 
54.31: Baptizare . . . mulierem . . . nullo modo prohibetur. — lb. 78.31: ne 
sceal him bewered beon Saem geryne onfon= 56.9: mysterium . . . percipere 
non debet prohiberi. 
II. The inflected infinitive only is found as the subject with the passive of 
the following verbs: — 
forgiefan, give, grant. tSencan, consider, plus halwende, salutary. 
(ge)sellan, give, allow. tSyncan, seem, consider {?), plus wierSlicor, 
laefan, leave. more worthily. 
The examples in full are: — 
forgiefan, give, grant: 
H2lf. L. S. XXIX. 134 a ’ b : beo Se forgifen to bindene and to alysenne. 
gesellan, give, allow: 
Gosp.: Mat. 13.11: For Sam Se eow is geseald to witanne heofena rices 
gerynu = Quia vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni coelorum. — Mk. 4.11: Eow 
is geseald to witanne Godes rices gerynu = Vobis datum est nosse mysterium 
regni Dei. 
lasfan, leave: 
Boeth. 42.9: Sonne meaht Su ongitan Saette Sees ealles nis monnum Sonne 
