THE PASSIVE INFINITIVE. 
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Note. I have found no example of the passive infinitive made up of weor&an or wesan 
and a past participle after durfan. 
willan [nyllan], will (not): 
Bede 112.12: Gif ge willaS onSwegene beon = 91.16: Si uultis ablui. — Ib. 
308.3: ba be woldon gehaelede beon = 237.16: qui saluari uellent. — lb. 366.5: 
Gif me seo . . . geofu . . . for gifen beon wile = 271.13: Si mihi . . . gratia 
. . . donauerit. 
Boeth. 36.2: mid hwelce hleahtre ge woldon bion astered = 41.17: quanto 
moueris cachinno. 
Greg. 135.26: noldon beon abisgode nane wuht on eorblicum bingum = 96.29: 
ut rebus exterioribus nullatenus occupentur. 
Oros. 128.5: Da Darius geseah baet he oferwunnen beon wolde = 129.3: Sed 
Darius cum vinci suos videret. 
Wcerf. 88.34: nelle bu nu beon ma geswenced = 212 C 3 : noli fatigari. — lb. 
279.3, 4: ba geceas heo ma, baet heo wolde . . . beon Gode gegearwod bonne 
heo . . . wolde beon to hwylcum woruldmen getSeoded = 340 B 1 * 2 : elegit magis 
spiritalibus nuptiis copulari Deo . . . quam carnalibus nuptiis subjici. 
Bened. 112.16: Gif he . . . nelle beon undertseoded bam halgan regole =* 
178.20: ut subdi aut obedire Regulae nolit. 
Bl. Horn. 33.13: baet he aeweald beon wolde. 
JElf. Horn. I. 34*: Crist wolde on ytinge beon acenned. 
Mlf. L. S. XXXII. 88 : ic . . . wille beon ofslagen. 
Mlj. Gr. 143.19: ic wylle beon gelufod = amari uolo. — lb. 144.6: ic wylle 
beon gelufod = amatum iri uolo. 
Mat. 2.18: heo nolde beon gefrefed = et noluit consolari .— lb. 19.21: Gyf 
bu wylt beon fullfremed = Si vis perfectus esse. 
Wulf. 194.3: baet he wolde baer beon geboren sob man. 
Note. — I have found no example of the passive infinitive made up of weor&an plus a 
past participle with willan , and but one example of the passive infinitive made up of wesan 
plus a past participle: Gu. 575: him geornlice gaestgemyndum mile wideferh wesan under&yded. 
With a few verbs not auxiliary, we find the passive infinitive used in a way 
quite similar to that with the genuine auxiliaries. The verbs in question 
are gedafenian, 1 be fitting; 7 gewunian, 1 be wont; 7 weor&an, c become ; 7 and 
wunian , ‘ be wont . 7 The infinitive after gewunian and wunian may be con¬ 
sidered objective, as is the active infinitive after these verbs; but the verbal 
power seems to me diminished in them when followed by the passive infinitive. 
I cite all the examples that I have observed:— gedafenian: JElf. L. S. XXIII B. 
743: geseah . . . ba handa swa heo gedafenodon alegdon (sic!) beon and 
eastweardes gewende; — gewunian: Bede 172.28: monig weorc ... 7 monig 
tacen . . . wundra . . . gewuniaS . . . soegd beon = 143.3: solent opera . . . 
et signa . . . narrari; — ib. 270.33: gewuniaS . . . wundor haelo geworden 
beon= 212.9: solent . . . miracula operari; — ib. 474.14: be hie nsefre aer 
gewunedon in baem stowum weorSade beon = 348.4: nunquam . . . celebrari 
solebat; — Wcerf. 183.17; be . . . Iohanne bis wundor gewunode beon seed fram 
urum witum = 224 A: De quo etiam illud mirabile . . . narrari solet; — 
weorSan: Wulf. 217.9: baet beos weoruld mihte eft beon geedstatSoled weortSan 
and eft of aweenigan; — wunian: Bede 340.7 a * b : baer heo wunedon to gebedum 
gecegde 7 awehte beon = 257.10 a> b : quo . . . excitari uel conuocari solebant. 
