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THE PREDICATIVE INFINITIVE WITH AUXILIARY VERBS. 
For the passive infinitive with auxiliary verbs in the other Germanic lan¬ 
guages, see section iv of Chapter XVI. 
NOTES. 
1 . The Predicative Infinitive in a Series with Auxiliary Verbs. — We have a series of two 
inflected infinitives after the auxiliary agan in Wulf. 294.20, 24 and 294.25, 26, quoted on 
p. 81 above. We have a series of infinitives in which only the first is inflected after agan , 
|n Wulf. 294.26 a> b and 294.30 a ’ b , 31 a>b , quoted on p. 81 above. 
2. The Inflected Infinitive without “ To ” occurs in Bened. 135.11, quoted on p. 82; Chron. 
30*, 656 E d , quoted on p. 82. 
3. A Passive Infinitive as Complement to an Auxiliary , bui with Beon ( Wesan ) Understood , 
is occasionally found, as in Mlf. Gr. 227.10, Chr. 1260, Gnomic Sayings 94 a * b , 122 a ’ b . 
4. The Predicative Infinitive Is Omitted after Auxiliary Verbs at times, especially if the 
omitted infinitive denotes motion, as in Or os. 86.3: Deh ic ser ssede baet we to helle sceolden 
= 0. Cf. Wiilfing, l. c., II, §§ 388-397; Riggert, l. c., pp. 9 ff. 
5. The Auxiliary Verb Is Omitted occasionally, as in Mlf. Horn. II. 560*: Se bib wurbe 
bact hine man arwur&ian, sebe of bisum life faerb to engla gefean and heofenlicum wurbmynte 
(or predicative with accusative subject?); Mlf. L. S. XXIII B. 168: ba geseah he him on ba 
swibran healfe baer he on gebedum stod swa swa he on mennisce gelicnysse on lichaman hine 
o&teowan , and ba waes he serest swibe afyrht (or predicative with accusative subject?); Laws 
166.3: synob . . ., on bam waesse sercebisceop Wulfhelme mid eallum baem sebelum mannum 
7 wiotan, be iEbelstan cyning gegaderian (Liebermann would supply mihte ); ib. 222 ( 2 ): aelc 
ceapscip frib haebbe, be binnan muban cuman (sic!). In the following passages, the italicized 
words may be infinitives with auxiliaries to be supplied, or they may possibly be plural subjunc¬ 
tives to the indefinite man: Laws 241 (14 D): And sancta Marian freolstida ealle wurSian (other 
MSS.: wur&ie ) man georne; ib. 263 (3 D): bonne bete man baet ciricgrib ... be baes 
cjminges fullan mundbryce 7 ba mynsterclaensunge begite, swa barto gebirige, 7 wib God 
huru Singian (other MSS.: c Single) georne; ib. 264 (4 D): betan (other MSS.: bete) man 
georne. — Cf. Note 4 to Chapter VIII. 
