THE INFINITIVE DENOTES PURPOSE. 
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L. 22.23 b : hi agunnon betwux him smeagan hwylc of him baet to donne 
wcere = coeperunt quaerere inter se, quis esset ex eis qui hoc facturus esset. 
gefyllan, complete: 
L. 9.31: saedon his gewitendnesse be he to gefyllenne wees on hierusalem 
= dicebant excessum ejus, quern completurus erat in Jerusalem, 
onfon, receive: 
Bede 224.26: baet heo bonne wceren from him ece mede to onfonne = 172.9: 
aeterna ab illo praemia essent. percepturi. 
A. S. Horn. & L. S. II. 11.103: For hwi ne mot se bearfa onfon bines metes 
be mid be is to onfonne heofona rice? Similarly: ib. 11.105. 
sendan, send: 
Mlf. Hept.: Ex. 4.13: sende bone be bu to sendenne eart = mitte quern 
missurus es. 
browi(g)an, suffer: 
Mat. 17.12: ys mannes Sunu eac fram him to Srowigenne = Sic et Filius 
hominis passurus est ab eis. 
Note. — “ Beon ” (“ Wesan ”) Plus “ Toweard ” to Denote Futurity. — Occasionally beon 
{wesan) plus toweard represents the future indicative, as in Bede 270.2: (hwonne he . . . 
toweard sy in . . . wolenum ... to demanne cwice and deade = 211.7: uenturus est .. . 
ad iudicandos uiuos et mortuos) and in Chad 188 (Sonne he hi<5 toweard to demenne cwice 7 
deade). See Chapter XI, where all such examples are recorded. 
C. THE INFINITIVE DENOTES PURPOSE. 
At other times the inflected infinitive with beon (wesan) denotes Purpose,, 
is active in sense, and corresponds to and occasionally translates a Latin phrase 
made up of ad plus a gerund or a gerundive in the accusative. 
All the clearer examples observed are given: — 
adiligian, destroy: 
Hept.: Gen. 9.15: heonon forb ne bi<5 flod to adiligenne eall flaesc = non 
erunt ultra aquae diluvii ad delendam omnem carnem. [The infinitive may 
modify flod instead of bi<5.\ 
etan, eat: 
Napier’s Ad. to Th. 101.315 m : Haebbe ge her aeni bing, be to etenne sy t 
[Cf. L. 24.41: Haebbe ge her aenig bing to etenne f = Habetis hie aliquid quod 
manducetur?] 
faran, go, run: 
Wcerf. 221.1: hit waes waeter to fultume 7 to helpe bam mannum, be in 
baere cyrican waeron, 7 swylce hit waeter ncere in ba stowe to farane = 269 B i 
ut aqua erat ad adjutorium et quasi aqua non erat ad invadendum locum, 
forlaeran, lead astray: 
Gen. 703: wees hire on helpe handweorc godes to forlceranne [lacuna]. 
gehaelan, heal: 
L. 5.17: and Drihtnes maegen wees hig to gehcelenne = et virtus Domini erat 
ad sanandum eos. 
getacni(g)an, signify: 
AElf. L. S. XXIII B. 241: he is to getacnigenne of baere sawla daedum. 
gremian, irritate: 
Chron. 239 b , 1104 E b : Eall bis wees God mid to gremienne , 7 bas arme leode 
mid to tregienne. 
