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THE SUBJECTIVE INFINITIVE. 
Wulf. 279.4: ne gebyreft set cyrican senig Sing to donne. 
gedaf(e)nian, befitting: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Bede 74.22: All Sas Sing Ssere . . . Seode . . . gedafenad cuS habban - 
54.2: Quae omnia rudi Anglorum genti oportet haberi conperta. — lb. 342.18: 
efne Sa an Sa Se to sefestnesse belumpon, 7 his Sa sefestan tungan gedeofanade 
sing an = 259.12: ea . . . quae . . . religiosam eius linguam decebant (or 
accusative and infinitive in Anglo-Saxon?). 
Pr. Gu. V. 67, 68 , 69: swa Sonne gedafenaft Sam men [Vercelli MS.: Sane 
man] gelice Surh six daga fsesten Sone gast gefrcetwian , and Sonne Sy seofoSan 
dseg mete Sicgan and his lichaman restan = ita etiam hominem decet sex diebus 
per jejunii plasma spiritu reformari, et septimo die comedendo carni requiem 
dare. 
JElf. Horn. II. 318 m2 : Us gedafenaS to donne dugeSe on sibbe, mid estful- 
lum mode menniscum gesceafte, and eft on ehtnysse ure lif syllan (sic!) for 
Sone soSan God. 
JElf. L. S. 240.31: us gedafenaS swySor mid geswince to campigenne for 
Sam undeadlicum cynincge and Se oferswidan (sic!). — 76. XXIII B. 261: Se 
gedafenaS ... for me and for eallum gebiddan. 
Napier's Ad. to Th. 102.34* 2 * 3 : ne gedafonode Criste swa Srowian and swa 
faran into his wuldre? 
L. 4.43: SoSlice me gedafenad oSrum ceastrum Godes rice bodian = Quia et 
aliis civitatibus oportet me evangelizare regnum Dei (possibly but not probably 
accusative and infinitive: see examples in which the noun is clearly in the dative 
case). 
(2) Inflected: 
Bede 2.13: Se gedafenad Sine Seode to Iceranne = 0. — 76. 196.17: Hwaet 
woldest Su . . . Saet . . . hors Saem Searfan syllan, Se Se gedafenade agan 
(sic!) to habbanne? = 156.18: Quid uoluisti . . ., equum . . ., quern te con - 
ueniebat proprium habere, pauperi dare? 
Solil. 32.16 s ’ b : Be gedafena& to lerenne and me to hlistenne = no Latin. 
Laws 248, VI ^Ethelred, c. 5, § 2: Cristenan maen ne gedafenacS to donne. 
Afilf. Horn. I. 124 b : Saer Se biS gesaed hwaet Se gedafenaS to donne. — 76. 
I. 386* 2 : Saer Se biS gesaed hwaet Se gedafenige to donne. — 76. II. 318 ml : 
quoted under “ Uninflected.” 
Mlj. L. S. 228.131: us Iudeiscum ne gedafenaS to genealecenne eow haeSenum 
mannum. — 76. 240.30: quoted under “Uninflected.” — 76. 314.127: Us 
gedafenad to offrigenne Sam . . . gode. — 76. XXIII B. 228 a> b : Be gedafenaS 
abbud Zosimus to biddenne and to bletsigenne. — 76. XXX. 124: swa Se eac 
gedafena& to efstenne . . . and beon gecostnod. 
Widf. 227.22: swa gedafenaS aelcum men to habbenne restendaeg. — 76. 
269.24: swa aenigum cristenum men ne gedafenad to donne ne huru Sam geha- 
dedum. 
gelician, please: 
( 1 ) Uninflected: 
L. 12.32: for Sam eowrum Feeder gelicode eow rice syllan = quia complacuit 
Patri vestro dare vobis regnum. 
( 2 ) Inflected: 
Oros. 106.24: siSSan gelicade eallum folcum Saet hie Romanum underSieded 
