THE APPOSITIVE INFINITIVE. 
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use: the infinitive is inflected because of the influence of the noun in the verbal 
phrase made up of is etc. + a noun. In the few instances of the uninflected 
infinitive as predicate nominative, the infinitive is usually considerably re¬ 
moved from the noun of the verbal phrase, and in one instance (JElf. L. S. 
XXV. 310 b ) is the second of a series of two infinitives, of which the first 
is inflected. 
At times an inflected infinitive is used as an adjectivized predicate nomina¬ 
tive, concerning which see Chapter XIII, pp. 180-181. 
For the infinitive as predicate nominative in the other Germanic languages, 
see Chapter XVI, section iii. 
B. AS AN APPOSITIVE. 
We have a few examples in which the infinitive is used as an appositive 
to a noun or a pronoun. I give all the examples observed, arranged accord¬ 
ing to the case involved: — 
(a) Nominative: — 
(1) Uninflected: 
forhaefednes, restraint: 
JZlf. Horn. I. 360 b1 ’ 2 : DeorwyrSe is Seos forhcefednys, and wulderful 
Srowung on Godes gesihSe, Sa yfelan geSohtas and unlustas mid agenre eyne- 
gyrde gestyran, and fram derigendlicere spraece and pleolicum weorce hine 
sylfne forhabban. 
hwaeSer, which ? 
Gosp.: Mk. 2.9 b : HwceSer is eSre to secgenne to Sam laman, Se synd 
Sine synna forgyfene; hwaeSer Se cweSan, Aris, etc. = Quid est facilius, dicere 
paralytico: Dimittuntur tibi peccata, an dicere, Surge etc.; so: L. 5.23 b . 
Saet, that: 
Bede 78.22 a > b * c - d * 6 = 55.32, quoted on p. 3 above. 
Mk. 12.33: Saet he si gelufod of ealre heortan . . . and lufigean his nehstan 
swa hine sylfne, Scet is mare eallum onsaegdnyssum and offrungum = ut diligatur 
ex toto corde . . . et diligere proximum tanquam se ipsum, majus est omnibus 
etc. 
(2) Inflected: 
aegSer [egSer], each: 
Solil. 16.16, 17: forSam me ys egSer Sara alyfad, ge Saet good to lufianne ge 
Saet yfel to hatianne = Licet enim mihi in quovis arnare rationem, cum ilium 
jure oderim qui male utitur eo quod amo. [Or is the infinitive a genitive 
appositive to Sara? See note to oSer on p. 77.] 
hwaet, what: 
Mat. 9.5 a> b : Hwaet is eaSlicre to cweSenne, Be beoS forgyfene Sine synna, 
oSSe to cweSanne, Aris and ga? = Quid est facilius, dicere: Dimittuntur tibi 
peccata, an dicere, Surge et ambula? 
hwaeSer, ivhich ? 
Gosp.: Mk. 2.9 a and L. 5.23 a , both quoted under “ Uninflected ” above, 
syn, sin: 
Boeth. 84.32: Baet is Seah micel syn to geSencanne be Gode, Saette aenig god 
sie buton on him = 74.72: 0. 
ylce, same: 
