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THE INFINITIVE WITH ADJECTIVES. 
lustbaere , 1 desirous: 
Boeth. 50.10: ic . . . waes . . . swiSe lustbcere hine to geheranne = 50.1: 
me audiendi auidum. 
Mlf. L. S. 96.117: waeron lustbcere . . . wita to Srowienne. 
mi(e)htig, mighty, powerful: 
Greg. 91.15 a> b : se lareow sceolde beon miehtig to tyhtanne on halwende lare, 
& eac to Sreanne Sa Se him [wiS]stondan wiellen = 62.3, 4: Ut potens sit 
exhortari in doctrina sana, et eos, qui contradicunt, arguere. 
Surhwaeccendlic, very vigilant: 
Mlf. L. S. XXIII B. 44: mid $urhwceccendlican mode for<5 heonon to under 
[fonne] Sa toweardan mede. 
ungearu [-o], unready: 
Greg. 173.11: quoted on p. 149. 
2 . Adjectives Denoting Ease and Difficulty, etc.: — 
earfoS(e) [-eS(e)], difficult: 
Boeth. 81.3 a - b : Swa swa nu eorSe ... 7 waeter sint swiSe earfo&e to 
geseonne oSSe to ongitonne dysgum monnum =0. — lb. 92.24: Sa stanas . . . 
bioS earfoSe to tedcelenne (sic!) = 79.77: ne facile dissoluantur. 
Chron. 218 m , 1086 E a : unriht . . ., Se sindon earfetSe to areccenne. 
Mlf. Horn. II. 542 b : M\c ehtnys biS earfotSe to Solienne. 
ieSe [eSe], easy: 
Beow. 2416: quoted on p. 150. 
Boeth. 16.13 b : Sing Sa Se nawSer ne sint getrewe to habbanne, ne eac iede 
to forlcetanne = 25.38: quam non relicturam nemo umquam poterit esset 
securus. An uero tu pretiosam aestimas abituram felicitatem? — lb. 92.27: 
hi bioS swiSe eSe to tedcelenne (sic!) - 79.79: facile quidem diuidentibus 
cedunt. 
ieSelic, easy: 
Greg. 419.10: Da cySde se witga hu ieftelic bi# to forgiefenne sio geSohte 
synn = 340.22: quam sit super h&cfacilis venia ostendit. 
ieSre, easier: 
Greg. 239.10, 11: nawuht nis ieSre to [ge]secganne ne eac to [ge]hefanne 
Sonne soS = 180.21: Nil autem est ad defendendum puritate tutius, nil ad 
dicendum veritate facilius. 
langsum 2 [-o-], long , tedious:' 
Mlf. Horn. II. 170 b 2 : Sing . . ., Se us sind langsume to gereccenne, and 
eow to gehyrenne. 
leoht, light, easy: 
Greg. 23.13: Sylaes hi hwaem leohte Syncen to underfonne - 2.3: quae ne 
quibusdam levia esse videantur. 
unieSe [uneaSe], not easy, difficult: 
Greg. 385.10, 11 : Du gionga, bio Se uni$e to clipianne & to Iceranne = 300.16: 
Adolescens loquere in causa tua vix. — lb. 409.20: saede Saet he unieSe waere to 
gehealdenne = 330.1: et dum praedicit quia difficile capitur. 
Bl. Horn. 59.15: se deada byS uneaSe aelcon men on neaweste to hoebbenne. 
[Cf. Einenkel , 2 l. c., p. 244.] 
1 Also under 4. 
1 See also under 5. 
