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(b) With verbs of motion other than ( w)uton: — uninflected: Beow. 234: 
Gewat him (5a to warobe wicge ridan begn Hrobgares; Mart. 26.10: culfre com 
fleogan of heofonum ond gesaet ofer his heafde. 
(c) With ( w)uton: — uninflected: Greg. 415.6: Wuton cuman 2 er his dome 
andettende = 336.4: Prceveniamus faciem Domini in confessione. 
(d) With beon ( wesan ): — uninflected: Mlf. L. S. 336.223: bas feower ana 
syndon to underfonne on geleaffulre gelabunge and forlcetan ( sic !) (5a obre be 
lease gesetnysse gesetton; — inflected: Greg. 315.23: Ac us is suibe geornlice to 
J gehieranne hwset Dryhten . . . cuseb to Iudeum = 244.1: Solerter namque 
audiendum est, quod etc.; Greg. 13.20: Daette on obre wisan sint to manianne 
weras, on obre wiif = 130.6: Aliter namque admonendi sunt viri, atque aliter 
feminae. 
(e) With an accusative subject: — uninflected: Bede 34.25: Da het he . . . 
his 3egnas hine secan y acsian = 18.25: iussit milites eum . . . inquirere; Greg. 
139.13: ne eft hi ne scoldon hira loccas Icetan weaxan = 100.9: neque comam 
nutrient; Bede 156.21: Da gehyrde he sumne bara brobra sprecan , baet etc. 
= 130.19: audiret unum . . . disposuisse; Wcerf. 203.25: hwset cwe3e wit 3is 
beonf =248 D: Quidnam, quseso te, hoc esse dicimus? — inflected: for possi¬ 
ble examples see Chapter VIII. 
(/) With a dative subject: see Chapter IX. 
In the adverbial use, the infinitive modifies a verb or an adjective (occa¬ 
sionally an adverb) as does an ordinary adverb. Of the adverbial uses of the 
infinitive, the most common is (a) to denote purpose, with verbs, in which the 
infinitive is sometimes uninflected (especially after verbs of motion, of rest, 
and of giving), but is usually inflected except in the poetry. Frequent, too, is 
the use of the infinitive ( b ) to denote specification, or respect wherein, with 
adjectives (occasionally with adverbs), in which the infinitive is habitually 
inflected. Less frequent and less clear uses of the adverbial infinitive, dis¬ 
cussed in the chapter entitled “ Other Adverbial Uses of the Infinitive,” are to 
denote (c) cause, in which the infinitive is more commonly inflected; ( d ) specifi¬ 
cation with verbs, in which the infinitive is always inflected; (e) result, with 
adjectives and with verbs, in which the infinitive is always inflected; and 
(/) the absolute relation, in which the infinitive is habitually inflected. Of 
these adverbial uses, the following are typical illustrations: — 
(a) Of purpose: Greg. 309.14: eodon him plegean = 238.10: surrexerunt 
ludere; Gen. 526: me her stondan het his bebodu healdan y me (5as bryd for- 
geaf (?); Greg. 329.3 b : Me Syrste, & ge me ne sealdon drincan = 254.4: sitivi, et 
non dedistis mihi bibere; — inflected: Mk. 4.3: Ut eode se ssedere his ssed to 
sawenne = Ecce exiit seminans ad seminandum; Mlf. Horn. I. 542 m : he him 
behet. . . (5aet hi. . . ofer twelf domsetl sittende beo& to demenne eallum mannum; 
Greg. 319.1: (5a mettas be God self gesceop to etanne geleaffullum monnum = 
246.1: a cibis, quos Deus creavit ad percipiendum . . . fidelibus. That some 
consider the infinitive in sealdon drincan objective rather than final is dis¬ 
cussed in the chapter on “ the Final Infinitive/’ 
(b ) Of specification with adjectives: — uninflected: Mlf. Horn. I. 534 b3 : 
ic eom gearo to gecyrrenne to munuclicre drohtnunge, and woruldlice beawas 
ealle forlcetan (sic!)’, — inflected: Greg. 281.5: Sie aeghwelc mon suibe hrced & 
suibe geornful to gehieranne = 212.9: Sit omnis homo velox ad audiendum. 
