THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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Mat. 2.13: toweard ys tSset Herodes sec& <5set Cild to forspillenne = futurum 
est enim ut Herodes qucerat puerum ad perdendum eum (may be objective in 
Anglo-Saxon). 
JElf. L. S. 368.78: bset eower nan . . . ne galdras ne sece to gremigenne 
his scyppend. 
2. With Passive Verbs. 
The active infinitive of purpose is found uninflected only with the passive 
of the following verb: — 
(ge)wealdan, instruct (?). 
I quote all the examples noted: — 
Gifts of Men 47: hond bib gelsered wis and gewealden, swa bib wyrhtan ryht, 
sele asettan. 
Both infinitives are found with the passive of: 
asendan, send. (ge)settan, appoint. 
Typical examples are: — 
asendan: 
(1) Uninflected: 
L. 1.19 a>b : ic eom asend wib be sprecan and be bis bodian = missus sum 
loqui ad te, et hsec tibi evangelizare. 
(2) Inflected: 
Chron. ll b , 430 E: Her Patricius wees asend fram Celestine bam papan to 
bodianne Scottum fulluht. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 488 b5>6 : We sind asende to gecigenne mancynn from deabe 
to life, na to scufenne fram life to deabe. 
(ge)settan: 
(1) Uninflected: 
Bl. Horn. 157.35: mi syndon gesette ba apostolas inhlet se hie bodian hire. 
(2) Inflected: 
Bede 396.28 a : in bsere he to bebyrgenne geseted beon scolde = 228.16 a : in quo 
sepeliendus poni deberet. 
But normally the infinitive of purpose is inflected with passive verbs; it 
is so found with the passive of the following verbs: — 
aliefan, allow. 
befaestan, commit, entrust. 
beran, bear, give birth. 
betaecan, commit, entrust. 
bringan, bring. 
ceosan, choose. 
forgiefan, give. 
(ge)beodan, offer. 
gebringan, bring. 
(ge)gadrian, gather together. 
(ge)gearwian, prepare. 
gehalsian [gi-j, request. 
(ge)healdan, preserve. 
(ge)laedan, lead. 
(ge)latSian, invite. 
(ge)raedan, advise. 
(ge)samnian, assemble. 
(ge)sellan, give. 
(ge)smyrian, anoint. 
(ge)tacnian, signify. 
(ge)wyrcan, make, build. 
gierwan, prepare. 
iecan [-y-], increase. 
nacian, make naked. 
onfon, receive. 
onsendan, send. 
ontendan, kindle. 
sellan, give, entrust. 
sendan, send. 
todrifan, drive. 
yean: see iecan. 
ymbsellan, surround. 
A few examples will suffice: 
aliefan [-y-], allow: 
