THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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Greg. 283.7: Se slawa ongit hwset him ryht bits to donne = 214.5: Piger enim 
recte sentiendo quasi vigilat (or the infinitive may modify the adjective). 
unaliefedlic [-e-, -y-], unallowable: 
Pr. Ps. 16.14 a : hi eton swynen flsesc, bset Iudeum unalyfedlic ys to etanne * 
saturati sunt porcina. 
Wcerf. 334.22, 23: c5aet is unrihtlic 7 unalyfedlic senigum men to geScencanne 
obbe to cwe&anne = 401 D: quod did nefas est (or the infinitive may modify 
the adjective). 
unriht, not right, improper: 
Wcerf. 308.18: on bsere ylcan niht, bset is unriht to secganne, he forspilde hie 
burh forligre = 372 C 1 : eamque nocte ilia (quod dictu nefas est) perdidit (or the 
infinitive may modify the adjective). 
(5) Other Adjectives: — 
feor(r), far: 
Beow. 1922: nces him feor banon to gesecanne sinces bryttan. [But, instead 
of being subjective, the infinitive may be predicative, as Dr. Kenyon, l. c., p. 50, 
seems to think. Cf. And. 424.] 
min, mine: 
MJc. 10.40: Soblice nis hit na min inc to syllenne bset gyt sitton on mine 
swybran healfe = Sedere autem ad dexteram meam vel ad sinistram, non est 
meum dare. [But, instead of being subjective, the infinitive may modify min. 1 
dafenian, befitting: 
Solil. 32.17: me dafenad to andsweorianne bes be ic ongyte = 0. 
derian, injure: 
Greg. 237.11: sua dereS eac hwilum sumum monnum bset sob to gehierenne 
= 178.25: ita nonnunquam quibusdam audita vera nocuerunt. 
gelustfullian, delight: 
Attf. Horn. I. 360 b3 : Us gelustfullaS gyt furbur to sprecenne be ban halgan 
were. 
genihtsumian, suffice: 
Bened. 90.15: To beddreafe genihtsumige to hcebbenne meatte and hwitel etc. 
« 158.13: Stramenta autem lectorum suffidant matta, sagum, etc. 
gerisan, befitting: 
Oros. 54.30: cwaeb bait baem weorce nanum men air ne gerise bet to fandianne 
bonne baem wyrhtan be hit worhte = 0 . 
AZlf. Mthelw. 2: Her ongynb seo endebyrdnyss, hu munecum gerist to 
healdenne bone regollican beaw = Incipit ordo qualiter . . . regularis mos a 
monachis per anni circulum obseruari conueniat. 
helpan, help: 
AElf. L. S. xxxvi. 183: unc bam maeg helpan to hcebbenne bis an. 
Lcece. 41.12: Wib fefre eft hylp& syndrigo marubie to drincanne. 
sceamian, shame: 
Chron. 170 m , 1050 D: swa bset us sceamad hit nu mare to tellanne. 
Mlf. L. S. 370.100: Us sceamad to secgenne ealle ba . . . wiglunga. 
byncan , 1 seem, plus an adjective: — 
aebryt, wearisome: 
AElf. Horn. II. 374 b : him 8incS ce'Qryt to gehyrenne ymbe ba clsennysse. 
1 As the construction with Syncan plus an adjective is quite similar to that with beon ( wesan ) plus an ad¬ 
jective, I give only a few examples. 
