THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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waere, 7 hiora ae to behealdanne = 107.24: universarum terrarum orbem . . . 
Romanis paruisse legibus . . . judices. 1 — lb. 250.19: aenigum folce his aegenu 
ae gelicade to healdenne = 0. 
Chron. 182*, 1052 C b : baet bam cynge gelicode mid him to hcebbenne be him 
getreowe waeron. 
lician, please: 
( 1 ) Uninflected: 
Bede 276.12: licade us efencuman = 214.31: placuit conuenire nos (possibly 
but not probably accusative and infinitive: see examples with gelician in which 
the noun is clearly dative). 
AElf. L. S. 308.32: me bet licaS to forlaetenne nu bisne . . . wurbmynt and 
baes . . . godes cynedome gehyrsumian on haligre drohtnunge. 
( 2 ) Inflected: 
Pr. Ps. 43.5: for bam hy be ba licodon, and be licode mid him to beonne 
= 43.4: quoniam complacuisti in eis. 
Laws 46, TElfred, Intr., c. 49, § 10 : hie ba cwaedon, baet him baet licode 
eallum to healdanne. 
HSlf. L. S. 308.30: quoted under “ Uninflected ” above. 
A. S. Horn, dc L. S. II. 18.293: Gif be bonne licige to siveltenne. 
lystan, please: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Beow. 1793: Geat ungemetes wel, rofne randwigan restan lyste. 
Met. 9.19: Naes baet herlic daed, baet hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste. — 
lb. 10.20: Eala ofermodan! hwi eow a lyste mid eowrum swiran selfra willum 
baet swaere gioc symle underlutan. — lb. 19.16: Hwaeber ge nu willen waeban 
mid hundum on sealtne sae, bonne eow secan lyst heorotas 7 hinda? — 76. 
19.33, 34: forbaem hi aefre ne lyst aefter spyrian , secan ba gesaelba. — 76. 19.39: 
swa me hit don lysteS. 
Bede 398.7 a> b : cwaeb baet hine lyste mid him etan 7 drincan = 288.26, 27 ft : 
dicens quia ipse . . . delectaretur manducare et bibere cum eis. 
Boeth. 1.11: he halsab aelcne bara be bas boc rcedan lyste =0. — 76. 91.8: 
be . . . lyste foriveorcSan = 78.46: ad interitum sponte festinent. 
Greg. 279.6: Mt aerestum lyst bone monn unnyt sprecan be obrum monnum 
= 210.15: ut prius loqui aliena libeat. 
Oros. 50.17: Beah swa hwelcne mon swa lyste baet witan, raede on his bocum 
= 0 . 
Wcerf. 60.7: me lystecS acsian = 192 B 1 : libet inquirere. 
Bened. 126.17, 18: baet hine ne worian ne scri&an lyste = 194.2: cujus 
maturitas eum non sinat vagari. 
AElf. Horn. II. 220 b : Se leahtor deb baet bam men ne lyst nan bing to gode 
gedon. 
AElf. L. S. 356.297: bonne bam menn ne lyst on his life nan god don. 
JElf. Gr. 211.5: bonne cymb of bam lecturio me lyst rcedan. — 76. 214.9: me 
lyst geseon = uiso. 
Wulf. 141.8 a> b> c : stingab hine scearplice on bone mub, forbi, swa hwaet 
swa hine lyste etan obbe drincan obbe on unnyt sprecan. 
Lcece. 49.35: hu man lyste utgan 7 ne maeg. 
1 See Note 2 at the end of this chapter. 
