THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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(2) Inflected: 
' Gen. 660: His hyldo is une betere to gewinnanne Sonne his wiSermedo (or 
the infinitive may modify the adjective). 
Solil. 36.8: Sseh hwa cwseSe Sset hyt si betere to habbenne for bearna ge- 
streone = no Latin. 
Mat. 18.9: betere Se ys mid anum eagan on life to ganne Sonne Su si mid twam 
asend on helle fyr = bonum tibi est cum uno oculo in vitam intrare, quam duos 
oculos habentem mitti in gehennam ignis. 
selre, better: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Mlj. L. S. XXV. 144 b : Selre us is to sweltenne and soSlice anbidian (sic!) 
Sses ecan seristes. 
Napier’s Ad. to Th. 101.322**: selre Se bid anegede faran to heofonan rice, 
Sonne mid twam eagum beon aworpen on ece susle. 
(2) Inflected: 
Mlj. Horn. I. 486 b3 : Salomon cwseS, Sset selre wsere to wunigenne mid leon 
and dracan Sonne mid yfelum wife and ofersprsecum. 
Mlj. L. S. XXV. 144 a : quoted under “ Uninflected ” above. 
fremman (fremian), benefit: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Mlj. Horn. I. 394 m : ac hit n ejremede him swa gedon. 
(2) Inflected: 
Mat. 19.10: n e jremaS nanum menn to wifienne = non expedit nubere. 
gebyrian, befitting: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Gosp.: Mat. 18.33: hu ne gebyrede Se miltsian Sinum efenSeowan swa swa 
ic Se gemiltsode? = Nonne ergo oportuit et te misereri conservi tui, sicut et ego 
tui misertus sum? (possibly, but not probably, accusative and infinitive: see ex¬ 
amples below in which the noun is clearly dative; also Chapter VIII, p. 124).— 
L. 11.42 b : Sas Sing eow gebyrede to donne, and Sa Sing n ejorloetan (sic!) - hsec 
autem oportuit jacere, et ilia non omittere. *— L. 12.12: Halig Gast eow lserS on 
Ssere tide Sa Sing Se eow specan gebyraS = Spiritus . . . sanctus docebit vos 
in ipsa hora quid oporteat vos dicere (see note to L. 11.42 above). — L. 15.32 at b : 
Se gebyrede gewistjullian and geblissian - Epulari autem et gaudere oportebat. 
— L. 24.26 a ’ b : Hu ne gebyrede Criste Sas Sing doligean, and swa on his wuldor 
ganf = Nonne hsec oportuit pati Christum } et ita intrare in gloriam suam? 
(2) Inflected: 
Laws 446, Rectitudines, c. 3, § 3: Him gebyriaft (sic!) V seceres to habbanne 
— Ib. 477, Episcopus, c. 2 a : Sset heora selc wite, hwset him mid rihte gebyrige 
to donne. 
Mlj. Horn. II. 492*: us ne gebyrad to ameldigenne Sa scyldigan. 
Mlj. Hept.: De N. T. 20.30: hwset gebyraS us embe Sis to smeagenne? 
Mlj. Gr. 245.9: nu hsefS se bene Sa Sing, Se adverbio gebyra<5 to hcebbenne. 
Gosp.: Mat. 26.54 b : for Sam Sus hyt gebyraS to beonne = quia sic oportet 
fieri. — Mk. 14.31: Seah me gebyrige mid Se to sweltenne = si oportuerit me simul 
common tibi. — L. 2.49: nyste gyt Sset me gebyraS to beonne on Sam Singum 
Se mines fseder synt? = nesciebatis quia in his quse Patris mei sunt oportet me 
esse t — L. 11.42 a : quoted under “ Uninflected ” above. — J. 9.4: Me gebyraS to 
wyrceanne Sses weorc Se me sende = Me oportet operari opera ejus qui misit me. 
