108 THE PREDICATIVE INFINITIVE WITH ACCUSATIVE SUBJECT. 
2. Next most frequently with Verbs of Causing and of Permitting, 1 of 
which the chief representative is Icetan, 1 allow/ 1 cause.’ The full list follows: — 
alaetan, allow. 
biegan [began], urge, force. 
don, make, cause. 
forlaetan, allow. 
gedon, make, cause. 
geSafian, allow. 
getSolian [gi-], allow. 
geunnan, grant. 
laetan, allow, permit, cause. 
niedan [-e-, -y-], compel, force. 
3. Only slightly less frequently than with the preceding, with Verbs of 
Sense Perception, 2 of which the chief representative is geseon, 1 see.’ This 
group is composed of the following: — 
behealdan [bi-], behold, see. 
gefelan, feel, perceive. 
gehawian, see. 
gehieran [-e-, -y-], hear. 
geseon, see. 
hieran [-e-, -y-], hear. 
ofseon, see. 
sceawian, see. 
seon, see. 
4. Far less frequently with Verbs of Mental Perception, 3 the chief repre¬ 
sentatives of which are findan, 1 find/ gefrignan, 1 learn by asking/ gemetan, 
1 find/ ongietan, ‘ understand/ and witan, ‘ know.’ The full list follows: — 
aeteawan, show. 
afindan, find. 
eowan, show. 
findan, find. 
geacsian [-ah-], learn by asking. 
gecySan, make known. 
gefrignan, learn by inquiry. 
gehatan, promise. 
gehyhtan [-i-], hope. 
geliefan [-e-, -y-], believe. 
gemetan, meet, find. 
gemittan, meet, find. 
gemunan, remember, recall. 
getriewan [-eo-], trust, hope. 
gewitan, perceive, observe. 
laeran, teach. 
onfindan, find. 
ongietan, understand, perceive. 
tali(g)an, consider, account. 
tellan, tell, consider. 
wenan, hope. 
witan, know. 
5. Very rarely with Verbs of Declaring, 4 of which this is a complete list: — 
cweSan, say. ondettan, confess, declare. 
foresecgan, foretell, predict. secgan, say, relate. 
6. Very rarely with Other Verbs: once only with the verb habban, have, 
and the verb todaelan, divide, which do not easily fall under any of the pre¬ 
ceding groups. 
Typical examples are: — 
1. Verbs of Commanding, etc.: — 
bebeodan, command: 
Ex. 217 a * b , 218 a * b , 219 a ’ b : ob Moyses behead eorlas . . . folc somnigean, 
frccan arisan, habban heora hlencan, hycgan on ellen, beran beorht searo, beacnum 
cigean sweot sande near. 
Pr. Ps. 41.9 a : On daeg behead God his mildheortnesse cuman to me = In die 
mandabit Dominus misericordiam suam. — lb. 43.6: bu be bebude halo cuman 
to Iacobes cynne? = 43.5: qui mandas salutes Jacob? 
biddan, request, command: 
Gen. 2031: heed him braecrofe, ba rincas bses rsed ahiegan. 
Dan. 359: bcedon bletsian beam Israela, eall landgesceaft ecne drihten. 
1 Gf. Zeitlin, 1 l. c., pp. 43 ff. 
* Gf. Gorrell, l. c., pp. 384 ff.; Zeitlin, 1 1. c., pp. 78 ff. 
2 Cf. Gorrell, l. c., pp. 395ff.; Zeitlin, 1 1. c., pp. 66ff. 
* Cf. Gorrell, l. c., pp. 414 ff.; Zeitlin, 1 l. c., 99 ff. 
