THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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( 2 ) Inflected: 
Bede 236.1: tSaet he Gode geaf mynster on to timbrenne = 177.30: ad con - 
struenda monasteria donaret. — lb. 242.7: bee on to leornienne . . . gefon 
= 192.17: libros ... ad legendum . . . praebere curabant. 
Chron. 117 m , 963 E e : ic gife tocnawlece . . . Peter min messehacel . . . 
Criste to Seuwian (sic!). 
sellan, give: 
( 1 ) Uninflected: 
Rid. 13.5: Hwilum ic deorum drincan selle beorne of bosme. — lb. 72.7: swsese 
brobor, bara onsundran gehwylc dsegtidum me drincan sealde burh byrel bearle. 
Laws 387, Ordal, c. 4, § 1 : sylle heom eallum cyssan boc. 
Bede 30.7: ba sceafban dyde on wseter, j sealde drincan bam mannum 
= 13.4: ipsam rasuram aquae inmissam ac potui datam. — lb. 156.7: bset wseter 
. . . drincan syllad = 129.18: astulas . . . quas cum in aquas miserint, eisque 
. . . homines aut pecudes potauerint. — lb. 192.14: Da gehalgode ic wseter 7 
scsefban dyde in bses . . . treoes, 7 sealde bam untruman drincan = 153.32: 
benedixi aquam, et astulam roboris praefati inmittens obtuli egro potandum. 
Greg. 329.3 b : ge me ne sealdon drincan = 254.4: non dedistis mihi bibere. — 
76. 459.18 a : by ic sceal sellan eow giet mioloc drincan nalles flsesc etan = 392.16: 
Tamquam parvulis in Christo lac vobis potum dedi , non escam. 
Oros. 136.1: Da nam he ba [= wyrt] on mergen, 7 sealde hie bsem gewundedum 
drincan = 135.35: ac post herba per somnium sibi ostensa in potum sauciis data. 
Wcerf. 161.5: ic wille faran to bam brobrum 7 him syllan drenc drincan - B. 
188 A 1 : Ecce ad fratres vado potionem eis dare. 
Bl. Horn. 229.9: hie him sealdon attor drincan. 
Mlf. Horn. I. 582 b : Swa hwa swa sylS ceald wseter drincan anum byrstigan 
menn bsera be on me gelyfab, etc. 
Jttf. Hept.: Gen. 21.19: sumne wseterpytt . . ., and heo of bam sealde 
bam cnapan drincan = dedit puero bibere. — Ex. 2.19: hlod wseter mid us and 
sealde bam sceapum drincan = potumque dedit ovibus. 
Mlf. Gr. 111.6: syle us drincan = da nobis bibere. 
Gosp.: Mat. 25.35 b : ge me sealdun drincan = dedistis mihi bibere. — Mat. 
25.42 b : ge me drincan ne sealdun = non dedistis mihi potum. 
Widf. 288.32: ge me drincan ne sealdon. 
Lcece. 8 . 21 : geseob cerfillan on wsetere, sele drincan. So 170 times in all 
in Lcece. 
Greg. 329.3 a : ge me nawuht ne sealdun etan = 254.3: non dedistis mihi 
manducare. 
Gosp.: Mat. 14.16 b : sylle ge him etan = date illis vos manducare. — So: 
Mat. 25.35 a , 42 a ; Mk. 5.43 a , 6.37 a ; L. 8.55 b , 9.13; J. 6.31. 
Lcece. 21.39: sele etan. So 27 times in all in Lcece. 
/Elf. Hept.: Jos. 11.6: to mergen ic hig sylle on bisre ylcan tide ealle gewun - 
digean on Israela gesihbe = eras enim hac eadem hora ego tradam omnes istos 
vulnerandos in conspectu Israel. 
Lcece. 37.19: bset seaw sele on cuclere supan. So 8 times in Lcece. 
Lcece. 55.34: sele Sicgean. So: 69.21 a * b ; 150.6. 
( 2 ) Inflected: 
Beow. 1731: sele$ him on eble eorban wynne, to healdanne hleoburh wera. 
Ps. 54.6: Ic ba on mode cwseb, hwa me sealde to fleogenne fiberu swa culfran 
