THE PASSIVE INFINITIVE. 
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after an active transitive verb; and the infinitive (beon or wesan) is under¬ 
stood, or, at least, it may be considered as being understood. Since in most, 
if not all, of the instances the supplying of the infinitive is a matter of taste 
rather than of necessity, I cite only a few examples, after the different groups 
of verbs: — 
Verbs of Sense Perception: — 
gehieran, hear: 
El. 957: Sefa wses be glsedra, bses be heo gehyrde bone hellescea&an ofer - 
swi&edne. 
hieran, hear: 
And. 361: iEfre ic ne gehyrde bon cymlicor ceol gehladenne heahgestreonum. 
Verbs of Mental Perception: — 
findan, find: 
Rid. 44.7: hy gesunde set ham finda<5 witode him wiste and blisse. 
geaxian, learn by inquiry: 
Bl. Horn. 107.28: we . . . geaxiaS . . . deadas geond beodland to mannum 
cumene . 
gefrignan, learn by inquiry: 
Gu. 1335: se selesta . . . bara 3e we on Engle sefre gefrunen acennedne 
burh cildes had gumena cynnes. 
geliefan, believe: 
Chr. 120: Nu we hyhtfulle hselo gelyfad burh bset Word Godes weorodum 
brungen. 
getacnian, signify: 
Mart. 104.10: mid by he getacnode Crist cumenne in bsere clsenan fsemnan 
innob. 
ongietan, understand: 
Greg. 211.3 a> b : Da fortruwodnesse & ba anwilnesse an Corinctheum Paulus 
ongeat suibe wiberweardne wib hine, & betweoh him selfum suibe aSundene & 
upahcefene = 158.6: Unde cum proterve Paulus Corinthios adversum se invicem 
videret inflatos . — lb. 211.22: gif we hwcet ongietaS on him ungesceadwislices 
gedoon = 158.24: Et si qua ab eis inordinate gesta sunt, non jam tamquam 
perpetrata corripimus. — lb. 295.24, 25: bonne hie ongietaS hwelcne monnan 
gesuencedne mid irre & mid hatheortnesse onbcernedne = 224.6: cum per abrupta 
furoris mentem cujuspiam ferri conspicit . 
Ps. 61.11 b : sene ic god sprsecan gearuwe gehyrde and bset treowe ongeat 
tidum gemeldad. 
witan, know: 
Gen. 42 a * b , 43: Da he hit geare wiste synnihte beseald, susle geinnod, geond- 
folen fyre. 
Gu. 1327: wat his sincgiefan holdne biheledne. 
And. 942, 943: Wat ic Matheus burh msenra hand hrinen heorudolgum, 
heafodmagan searonettum beseted. 
Bl. Horn. 81.34: we witon eall 3is bus geworden. — lb. 85.34: bset bu 
wistest Crist on rode ahangenne. 
Verbs of Declaring: — 
bodian, announce: 
Wcerf. 250.3: se bodode me bone ylcan wer for&feredne = 305 B: quia eumdem 
virum obisse nuntiavit. 
