THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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Greg. 51.5: hit swa earfode is senegum menn to witanne hwonne he geclsensod 
sie = 28.3: valde difficile est, purgatum se quemlibet posse cognoscere. 
Oros. 212.30: is me nu swibe earfede hiera mod to ahwettanne = 0. 
Chron. 170 b , 1050 D: hit is earfod to witane bara biscopa be bserto comon. 
Laws 455, Gerefa, c. 18: Hit is earfode eall to gesecganne. 
Bened. 67.1: bsem unandgytfullum bset gastlice angyt (sic!) is earfode to 
understandende (sic! but MSS. TF: - enne ) butan haligra manna trahtnunge 
= 126.10: infirmis intellectibus non erit utile ilia hora hanc Scripturam audire. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 466 b : Eac bses dseges godspel is swibe earfode Isewedum man- 
num to understandenne (or the infinitive may modify the adjective), 
earfobre, more difficult: 
Greg. 453.12: hit is beah earfodre ealle setsomne to Iceranne = 384.5: longe 
tamen laboriosus est auditores innumeros . . . admonere. — lb. 455.6: beah 
bid giet earfodre selcne on sundrum to Iceranne = 386.11: multo tamen acriori 
labore fatigatur , quando uni contrariis vitiis servienti prcedicare compellitur. 
eabe [e-, ie-, y-], easy: 
Beow. 1003: No bset yde byd to befleonne (or the infinitive may modify the 
adjective). 
Ps. 76.16: ne bid bser ede bin spor on to findanne = 76.20: vestigia tua non 
cognoscentur. 
Boeth. 145.5: Hwses wundrast bu bser swa swibe, swa ede swa hit is to ongi- 
tanne = 0. 
Bened. 124.12: Eade is to under standenne of hwylcum antimbre beos unbses- 
licu asprincb bisse miclam (sic!) tobundennesse = 190.2: Quod quam sit 
absurdum facile advertitur. 
Chron. 239 m , 1104 E a : Nis eade to asecgenne bises landes earmba. 
eabelicor, more easily: 
JElf. Horn. I. 236* 2> 3 : Nu is gebuht bset him sy sumera binga eadelicor to 
arcerenne bone deadan of bam duste, bonne him wsere to wyrcenne ealle gesceafta 
of nahte (or predicative with beon?).\ 
eabelicre, more easy: 
Mat. 19.24: eadelicre byd bam olfende to ganne burh nsedle eage, bonne se 
welega on heofona rice ga = facilius est camelum per foramen acus transire , 
quam divitem intrare in regnum coelorum. 
eab(e)re [e-, ie-, y-], more easy: 
Boeth. 81.13: nis hire beah bonne edre to feallanne of dune bonne up = 0. 
Greg. 203. 17, 18: him is micle iedre to gestieganne on bone ryhtan wisdom 
bonne bsem lytegan sie to anbuganne = 152.14 : 0. 
Mk. 10.25: Eadere ys olfende to farenne burh nsedle byrel = Facilius est 
camelum per foramen acus transire. 
efnebe, equally easy: 
Met. 20.168: Hwset! hi beah eorblices auht ne haldeb, is beah enfede up y 
of dune to feallanne foldan bisse. 
uneabe [-e-, -ie-], difficult: 
And. 206: Nis bset uneade eallwealdan Gode to gefremmanne on foldwege, 
bset etc. (or the infinitive may modify the adjective). 
Greg. 355.21: forbsem he wisse bset hit bid swibe uniede segber to donne , ge 
wib bone to cidanne be yfel deb, ge eac sibbe wib to habbenne = 276.1: Difficile 
quippe erat ut si male acta corriperent, habere pacem cum omnibus possent. 
