THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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secan, seek: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Wald. A. 18: 5u . . . feohtan sohtest msel ofer mearce. — lb. 20: 5y ic 5e 
metod ondred, 5aet 5u to fyrenlice feohtan sohtest. 
Bl. Horn. 167.2: he . . . feSan sohte. 
Gosp.: Mat. 12.46: 5a stod hys modor and his gebro5ra 5aer ute, secende 
spcecon (sic!) to him = qucerentes loqui ei. — L. 20.19: Da sohton 5ara sacerda 
ealdras and 5a boceras hyra handa on 5sere tide on hine wurpan = quoerebant 
. . . mittere in ilium manus. 
(2) Inflected: 
Pr. Ps. 34.4: 5a 5e seca& mine sawle to fordonne = qucerentes animam meam. 
— 76. 36.32: seed hine to fordonne = queerit mortificare eum. 
AElf. Hept.: Ex. 2.15: Da Pharao . . . sohte Moises to ofsleanne = queerebat 
oeddere Moysen. 
L. 6.19: eal seo menigeo sohte hine to cethrinenne = queerebat eum tangere. 
tilian [teol-], attempt, strive for: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Met. 10.22: hwy ge ymb 5aet unnet ealnig swincen, 5aet ge 5one hlisan 
habban tiliad ofer 5ioda ma, 5onne eow 5earf sie? — lb. 11.79: 5e we mid 5sem 
bridle becnan tilia&. 
Bede 230.26: Da teolode se . . . wer . . . stowe . . . clcensigan = 175.23: 
Studens . . . locum . . . purgare. 
Greg. 233.22: 5aet he tiolode menn forlceran 5set hie wurden eac forlorene - 
176.20: damnationem suam perditus adhuc alios perdendo cumulavit. 
Pr. Ps. 25.5: ic nsefre ne teolade sittan on anum willan mid 5am arleasum =* 
cum impiis non sedebo. 
Bl. Horn. 165.31 a> b : hine ser monnum gecySan & geseegan teolode , ser5on 5e 
he sylfa lifde & mennisc leoht gesawe. 
jElf. L. S. XXIII B. 403 a : teolode toforan 5am temple becuman. 
(2) Inflected: 
Bede 210.32: eall ... he bighygdelice teolode to healdanne = 164.23: 
cuncta . . . sollicitus agere curabat. — 76. 372.12: 5u wast 5set ic . . . teolode 
to lifigenne to . . . bebode = 275.2: ad . . . imperium . . . uiuere studui. 
Boeth. 43.15: hu nearo se . . . hlisa bion wile 5e ge 5ser ymb swincatS 7 
unrihtlice tiolia& to gebreedanne? = 45.33: gloria quam dilatare ac propagare 
laboratis f 
Greg. 61.18: He sceal tilian sua to libbanne swa etc. = 36.20: Qui sic studet 
vivere , ut etc. = 76. 463.5: him self ne afealle, 5ser 5ser he o5re tiolaS to mranne 
= 398.11: ne alios erigens cadat. 
Pr. Ps. 25.3: ic symle tilode mid rihtwisnesse 5e and him to licianne 
- complacui in veritate tua. 
Bl. Horn. 219.18: teolode to arisenne. 
Mlf. L. S. XXIIIB. 686: teoligende his cneowu to bigenne hire ongean- 
weardes. 
wil(l)nian, desire, be desirous of: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Met. 29.3: Gif 5u nu wilnige weorulddrihtnes heane anwald hlutre mode 
ongitan giorne. 
Bede 182.17: heo wilnade gehealdan . . . ban = 148.9: desiderabat . . . 
