THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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scieppan, create, make: 
Gnomic Sayings 129: Gold geriseb on guman sweorde, sellic sigesceorp, 
sine on ewene; god scop gumum, garnib werum, wig towibre wiefreoba 
healdan (?). 
The following is a complete alphabetic list of the verbs followed by the un¬ 
inflected final infinitive only: — 
abiddan, request. 
biddan, request. 
genaegan, approach. 
gengan, go. 
gesittan, sit. 
gewitan, go, depart. 
gewyrean, make, build. 
hladan, lade, draw. 
liegan, lie. 
scieppan, make, create. 
II. The final infinitive is found both uninflected and inflected with the 
following groups of verbs: — 
1. Chiefly certain Verbs of Motion: — 
arisan, arise. 
asendan, send. 
becuman, come. 
beran, bear. 
cuman, come. 
efstan, hasten. 
faran, go. 
feran, go. 
forlaetan, leave. 
fundian, set out, strive. 
gan [gangan], go. 
gecierran, turn, go. 
onsendan, send. 
sendan, send. 
wendan, turn, wend. 
2. Frequently certain Verbs of Offering and of Giving: — 
beodan, offer. giefan, give. 
gesellan, give. sellan, give. 
Sellan is the verb most frequently used, occurring over 200 times. 
3. Occasionally certain Verbs of Rest: — 
sittan, sit. standan, stand. 
4. Occasionally certain Other Verbs: 
aliesan, release. 
The following are typical examples: — 
1. Verbs of Motion: — 
arisan, arise: 
(1) Uninflected: 
And. 829, 830: cining engla [lacuna] ba ba aras si&igean, eadige on upweg 
ebles neosan. 
(2) Inflected: 
Pr. Ps. 26.4 : beah hi arisan ongean me to feohtanne = 26.3: Si insurgat in 
me helium. 
Wcerf. 201.23: he aras . . . lof to seeganne = 245 B 3 : ad exhibendas laudes 
Domino surrexisset. 
Bened. 40.11: ic aras ... be ^ andettenne = 74.19: surgeham ad confiten- 
dum tibi. 
AElf. L. S. 456.233: hi swa oft arisan (sic!) ... to singenne bone lofsang. 
asendan, send: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Mf. Hept.: Judges 15.18: bsed bone . . . god bset he him asende drincan, 
