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THE FINAL INFINITIVE. 
ge-emtigian [-aem-], keep one's self free. 
gefreogan [-freon], free. 
gefultumian, help. 
gegripan, seize. 
gehwierfan, turn. 
gelaecan, seize. 
gelaedan, lead. 
geliefan [-e-, -y-], believe. 
gelogian, arrange. 
gemearcian, mark, plan. 
genealaecan, approach. 
geniman, take, accept. 
gesamnian [- 0 -], assemble. 
gescieppan, create, make. 
gesecan, seek. 
gesettan, set, establish. 
gestandan, stand, stand up. 
geteon [-tion], draw, attract. 
getSafian, grant, give. 
ge-unnan, grant, give. 
gewendan, wend, go. 
habban (nabban), have {not). 
healdan, hold, keep. 
iecan [aecan], increase. 
iernan, run. 
ingan [-gangan, -o-], go in. 
1 sedan, lead. 
lsefan, leave, entrust. 
laenan, lend. 
laetan, leave. 
lecgean, lay, place. 
libban, live. 
liehtan, light. 
logian, arrange, frame. 
lufian, love. 
niman, take. 
niSerastigan, descend. 
ondfon, receive. 
onfindan [?], find, receive. 
onfon, receive, undertake. 
onginnan, begin. 
onlaenan, lend. 
ontynan, open. 
raecan, reach, seize. 
reccan, care. 
sceawian, grant. 
scyndan, hasten. 
secan, seek. 
settan, set, place. 
sitSian, travel, go. 
sniSan, cut open. 
stician, stick. 
teon, make, create. 
tocuman, come, come to. 
tofaran, separate, disperse. 
toferan, separate, disperse. 
tosendan, send. 
tSrowian, suffer, endure. 
?Surfan, need. 
utgan [-gangan, -o-], go out. 
wegan, carry, manifest. 
weorpan, throw, cast. 
wil(l)nian, desire, wish. 
winnan, struggle, strive. 
wunian, dwell, remain. 
wyrcan, make. 
I quote only a few examples: — 
befaestan, entrust, commit: 
Wcerf. 111.3 b , 4 a : ongunnon . . . ba . . . weras . . . him befcestan heora 
suna to fedanne 7 to lceranne= B. 140 C 4 : Ccepere . . . ei filios omnipotenti 
Deo nutriendos dare. — 76. 254.1: baedon, baet he heom bone agaefe, be hi him 
ser befceston to healdenne = 309 C 2 : quern dederant petierunt (but cf. 309 C 1 : qui 
diaconum ad custodiendum dederant). 
Mlf. L. S. XXXVI. 76: gif bu wilt me befcestan cnapan to Icerenne. 
Apol. 32.4: ic . . . bas mine dohtor befceste bam . . . mannan to fedanne 
= 49*: hanc vero . . . filiam meam nutriendam . . . hominibus commendavi. 
gedon, entrust, commit: 
Cato 10 : Donne bu eald sie and manegra ealdra cwidas and lara geaxod 
haebbe, gedo hie bonne bam geongum to witanne. [Cf. Greg. 357.5, Oros. 126.31, 
and the comments given thereon, p. 118, above. Koch, l. c., II, p. 64, quotes, 
without a reference, the following passage, which I am unable to locate: “ Ic 
do eow to witanne ( thu euch zu wisseri).”] 
secan, seek: 
Bede 50.11 ab : hwaer him waere fultum to secanne to gewearnienne 7 to 
wi&scufanne swa rebre hergunge 7 swa gelomlicre bara norbbeoda = 30.17 a> b : 
ubi quaerendum esset praesidium ad euitandas uel repellenddas tarn feras tamque 
creberrimas gentium aquilonialium inruptiones. 
