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THE PREDICATIVE INFINITIVE WITH “WUTON.” 
acierran, turn, go: 
Fallen Angels 217: Uton acerran bider. 
agi(e)fan, give back: 
Boeth. 103.5: Wutun agifan bsem esne his wif = 87.42: Donamus comitem 
uiro. 
beon, be: 
Laws 300, I Cnut, c. 20 b : utan beon a urum hlaforde holde. 
Bl. Horn. 131.1: Uton beon selmesgeorne. 
Ml]. Horn. I. 414 b : Ac uton we beon carfulle, bset etc. 
Wulf. 119.12 b : utan beon a urum hlaforde holde.— lb. 145.33°: uton beon 
eadmode. 
biddan, pray: 
Chr. 774: Utan . . . biddan Bearn Godes ond bone bliban Gsest, baet he 
us gescilde wib sceaban waepnum. 
Bede 98.27 a : Uton biddan . . . God = 81.29 a : Obsecremus Deum. 
Bl. Horn. 159.32: utan we biddan ba fsemnan S. Marian bset heo etc. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 364*: Uton nu biddan bone . . . Hselend, bset etc. 
Wulf. 142.13: uton biddan urne drihten. 
brucan, enjoy: 
Oros. 86.1: Uton nu brucan bisses undernmetes swa ba sculon t5e hiora 
aefengifl on helle gefeccean sculon = 85.33: Prandete, tamquam apud inferos 
coenaturi. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 618 b 1 : Uton forbi brucan bses fyrstes be us God forgeaf. 
don, do, make: 
Boeth. 75.16 a : Uton nu, gif be swa bince, ecan bone anwald 7 baet geniht, 
don bser weorbscipe to, 7 gereccan bonne ba breo to anum = 68 . 22 : Addamus 
igitur sufficientiae potentiaeque reuerentiam, ut haec tria unum esse iudicemus. 
Laws 268, VIII iEthelred, c. 43 s : Ac uton don, sw T a us bea[r]f is. 
Bened. 21.9: Utan don swa swa se witega myngab = 42.7: Faciamus quod 
ait propheta. 
Bl. Horn. 205.28: uton wit . . . don . . . faesten. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 100 b2 : uton don bearfum and wannspedigum sume hibbe 
ure goda. 
Mlf. L. S. XXX. 368: Uton don criste bancung. 
Mlf. Hept.: Gen. 37.20 b : Uton hine ofslean and don hine on bone . . . pytt 
and secgan = Venite, occidamus eum et mittamus in cisternam veterem! 
dicamusque. 
Wulf. 20.1 s : utan we don, swa us mycel bearf is (a very common locution 
in Wulfstan). — lb. 166.1: utan don, swa us neod is. 
efstan, hasten: 
Beow. 3101: Uton nu efstan obre sibe seon and secean searogebrsec, wundur 
under wealle. 
Bl. Horn. 109.9: Uton we nu efstan etc. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 526 b : Uton forbi efstan to urum ebele. 
Wulf. 75.21: uton nu efstan and ealle ure lifwegas geornlice rihtan. 
forlaetan, leave, abandon: 
Solil. 49.12: uton ne forlaetan gyet bas boc = Non sinam omnino concludi 
hunc libellum. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 380 m 3 : Uton we herian . . . Drihten . . . and yfel forlaetan. 
