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THE OBJECTIVE INFINITIVE. 
2 . With Passive Verbs . 
In a few instances we have the passive infinitive as “the retained object ” 
after the passive of these verbs: — 
aeteawan [-ie-], show. (ge)liefan, believe. ongietan, understand. 
bewerian , forbid. (ge)seon, see. '■< 
The examples in full are: — 
seteawan [-ie-], show: 
Bede 80.13: is gessegd, bsette bast from . . . Gode unclsene y besmiten 
ceteawed bi& in weorce beon , bsette of wyrtruman . . . accenned bib = 57.5: 
indicatum est, quia illud ab . . . Deo pollutum esse in opere ostenditur. 
bewerian, forbid: 
Bede 78.4: heo wceron bewered heora weorum gemengde beon = 55.16: uiris 
suis misceri prohibentur. 
(ge) lief an [-y-], believe: 
Wcerf . 203.23: bset he nane binga nces gelyfed beon gefylled = 248 C 3 : ut illis 
tot virtutibus nisi sciretur esse plenus, nullo modo crederetur. 
(ge)seon, see: 
Bede 424.28: saula . . .,ba . . . gesegene weeran . . . worpene beon = 305.6: 
quae . . . uidebantur . . . iactari. 
ongietan [-y-], understand: 
Bede 88.5: bonne bi& ongyten bser syn gefremed beon = 61.15: tunc peccatum 
cognoscitur perjici. 
For the objective infinitive in the other Germanic languages, see Chapter 
XVI, section ii. 
NOTES. 
1. The Objective Infinitive in a Series. — In the following passages, quoted on the pages 
indicated, we have a series of infinitives in which the first is inflected, but the succeeding is 
not: Oros. 282.9 a> b , p. 49; ib. 292.28, 29, p. 49;-—^/. Horn. II. 196 b lf 2 , p. 51; ib. 
488 b7,8 , p. 53; ib. 55 \ — Mf. Hept.: Gen. 48.17 a ’ b , p. 49;— JElf. L.S. 154.127 a ’ b , 
p. 47; — Gosp.: Mat. 8.21 a,b , p. 46; Mat. 13.17 a,b , p. 55. In the following passages we 
have a series of infinitives in which each infinitive is inflected, after an active verb: Bede 
330.25 a ’ b ; 334.4, 5; 430.33 a,b ; — Boeth. 41.4, 5; 103.15 a b ; 110.29 b , 30; — Greg. 249.20 a - b ; 
293.3 a,b ; 423.2, 3; 453.32 a * b ; — Laivs 414, VII, c. 13, A 1 ’ 2 ; 453, c. 3, § l a > b ; — Bened. 
56.18 a,b ; — Pr. Ps. 34.14 a,b ; — rElf. Hept.: Deut. 3.25 a,b ; 32.46 a,b ; — JElf. Horn. II. 486 b1,2 ; 
— Mlf. L. S. XXIII B. 223 a,b ; — A. S. Horn. & L. S. I.: 1. 253 b , 256; — Wulf. 34.14, 15; 
200.3 a,b ; — Poems: Charms V, C. 4 a,b ’ Ci d , 5 a,b . It seems unnecessary to give the series in 
which each infinitive is uninflected. 
2. Infinitive after a Finite Verb Passive in Form , but Active in Sense. — In the following 
passages we have an objective infinitive after the passive of ( ge)medemian ; or, rather, the 
finite verb, though passive in form, is active in sense, the passive form being due to the trans¬ 
lator’s mistaking the deponent verb dignor for a passive: — Wcerf. 206.4, 5 a : bsed baet he ware 
gemedemod him forgy fan 7 sellan hwylcehugu frofre to eardigenne = 252 A 2,3 : ab . . . 
Domino petiit ut ei ad habitandum aliquod solatium donare dignaretur; — Laws 409, Judi¬ 
cium Dei IV, c. 2 C : bses ilea Godes allmsehtiges msegen ofer hine bis gibrehtan sie gimeodu- 
mad = eiusdem Dei omnipotentis uirtus super eum hoc declarare dignetur; ib. 409, c. 3: of 
Mar’ hehstald flaesc onfoa gimeodumad ar<5 = ex Maria uirgine carnem assumere dignatus es; 
ib. 411, c. 4, § 5 b : bis giidlage sie gimeodumml = ueritas hoc euacuare dignetur; — AElf. 
L. S. XXIII B. 466: ic wees gemedemod gebiddan ba gerynu bsere . . . rode [MS. G.: to 
gebiddanne]', — ib. XXX. 354: bone eac swylce se haelend sylf wees gemedemod burh bone 
heort to his mildheortnesse gecigan; — inflected: Mart. 120.16: drihten God, beo bu geme- 
dernad me to geheranne. The same thing has happened with (ge)eaxSmedan in Bede 340.1: 
Drihten hire forbfore . . . mid sweotolre gesyhbe wees geeaSmeded to onwreonne - 257.4: 
Dominus . . . obitum . . . manifesta uisione reuelare dignatus est. 
