THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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ongietan, understand, perceive: 
Beow. 1432: bearhtm ongeaton, gudhorn galan. 
Bede 178.32: ba onget he hwcethwugu . . . in baere stowe beon = 146.12: 
intellexit aliquid . . . inesse. — lb. 266.27: Gif . . . bu . . . werod ongete ofer 
us . . . cuman = 209.30: Si . . . superuenire coetus cognouisti. 
W(Erf. 74.20: swa myccle ma he ongcet him ongaen standan in anum lichaman 
<5aet weorod = 201 B 5 : contra se assistere legionis aciem invenit. — lb. 130.6: 
swa mycclum swa he hine sylfne ma ongcet aefweardne agyltan beforan . . . 
eagum Benedictes = B. 160 A 3 : quanto se cognovit etiam absentem in Benedicti 
Patris oculis deliquisse. — lb. 139.14: ba be ic &e ongcet secgan = B. 139 C: quae 
te dixisse cognovi. 
taligan, consider, account: 
Alex. 39 a * b : Nu ic hwaebre gehyhte and gelyfe baet bu bas bing ongete swa bu 
me ne talige owiht gelpan and secgan be baere micelnisse ures gewinnes and compes. 
tellan, tell, consider: 
Bede 82.4: ne tellatS we synne weosan gesinscipe = 57.29: Nec haec dicentes 
culpam deputamus esse coniugium. 
wenan, 1 hope: 
Bede 430.24: Mid by ic unc wende inngongende beon = 308.4: in cuius 
amoenitatem loci cum nos intraturos sperarem. 
Wcerf. 181.25: ne wene ic ne bysne wer swa mycelre geearnunge swa swibe 
beon bissere worulde man = 220 B 3 : nam hunc tanti meriti virum . . . esse 
non suspicor. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 590 b : baet bu wenst me for tintregum be geopenian ba god- 
cundan gerynu. 
witan, know: 
Ju. 92: baer he glaedmod geonge wiste wic weardian. 
Gu. 1312: se be his mondryhten life bilidenne last weardian wiste wine leofne. 
And. 183: Daer ic seomian wat binne sigebroSor. 
Rid. 50.1: Ic wat eardfaestne anne standan deafne dumban. 
Wids. 102: hwaer ic under swegle selast wisse goldhrodene cwen giefe bryttian. 
Bede 36.17: bonne wite bu me cristene beon = 19.19: Christianum iam me 
esse . . . cognosce. — lb. 408.21: Dara cynna monig he wiste in Germanie 
wesan = 296.13: quarum in Germania plurimas nouerat esse nationes. 
Lcece. 105.32: baer bu wite elenan standan. 
5 . Verbs of Declaring: — 
I quote all the examples observed by me: — 
cweban, say, declare: 
Wcerf. 203.25: hwaet cwetSe wit &is beon? = 248 D: Quidnam, quaeso te, 
hoc esse dicimus ? 
foresecgan, foretell, predict: 
Bede 406.21: Done . . . riim wintra hiene hcebbende beon, he . . . forescegde 
= 294.23: quem se numerum annorum fuisse habiturum . . . praedicere solebat. 
ondettan, confess, declare: 
Bede 84.17: aer bon Dauit ondete heo fram wiifum claene beon = 59.16: nisi 
prius mundos eos Dauid a mulieribus fateretur. 
1 Gorrell, l. c., p. 386, holds that in Beow. 933 we have an accusative with an infinitive after wenan , but, 
with most translators of the poem, I take me to be dative. 
