THE CONSECUTIVE INFINITIVE. 
167 
Wcerf. 224.23: ne mihte na onstyrian his fet to ganne = 273 C 1 : gressum 
movere non potuit. 
sellan [-i—], give: 
&lf. Hept.: Num. 11.13: Site us flsesc to etanne = Da nobis carnes, ut 
comedamas (or final?), 
teon, draw, induce: 
Attf. L. S. 316.148: On hwilcum godum tihst bu us to gelyfennef 
trymman, strengthen, encourage: 
Bede 124.26: gewrit, mid by he hine trymede to onfonne Cristes leafan 
= 100.18: exhortatorias ad fidem litteras . . . accepit (or final?), 
beowan, force, threaten: 
A. S. Horn. & L. S. I. 9.342: beah be he mid huxe hine hete gebindan and 
hine Seowde to ofsleanne mid bam folce (or objective?), 
breatian, force: 
Boeth. 138.2: wyrde be oft SreataS ba yflan to witnianne = 117.27: iusto 
supplicio malos cohercet. 
bywan [—i—], force, threaten: 
Mlf. Horn. II. 174 b 2 : Benedicte, be hi ser for heora stuntum wordum Siwde 
to amansumigenne (or objective?). — lb. II. 308 b : Da Sywde se casere hine to 
swingenne (or objective?), 
weaxan, grow: 
Greg. 263.18: hie sculon uparisan & weaxan a ma & ma to lufigeanne ba 
godcundan weorc = 198.20: sed ad amoris gratiam nutrimento caritatis ex- 
crescant (cited also by Dr. Kenyon, p. 60, as consecutive). 
II. WITH PASSIVE VERBS. 
Occasionally the inflected infinitive is used after the passive of the follow¬ 
ing verbs to denote tendency or result: — 
afysan, impel. 
ascierpan, sharpen. 
baeman, incite. 
forSgelaedan, lead forth. 
(ge)baedan, compel. 
(ge)cierran, turn, move. 
(ge)fysan, incite. 
(ge)laedan, lead. 
(ge)manian, admonish. 
(ge)neadian, compel. 
(ge)niedan, compel. 
onaelan, kindle, incite. 
onwendan [-waend-], move. 
settan, set, appoint. 
sponan, persuade. 
under<5eodan, subject. 
I cite all the clearer examples that I have observed: — 
afysan, impel: 
Ph. 275: Donne afysed bid agenne eard eft to secan (sic!). 
ascierpan, sharpen: 
Greg. 69.13: bonne we mid bsem lsecedome godra weorca gefultumab urum 
ondgite bset hit biS ascirped to ongietenne ba bierhtu bees soban leohtes = 44.1: 
cum ad cognoscendam veri luminis claritatem intellectus nostri aciem medica- 
mine operationis adjuvamus (or final, as Dr. Kenyon, l. c., p. 19, holds?). 
baeman, incite: 
Bede 330.18 a * b , 19: men . . . wceron bcernde . . . to gebiddenne ge aelmessan 
to sellenne ge Gode asaegdnesse to beranne = 252.5 a * b> c : accensi sunt ... ad 
orandum uel ad elimosynas faciendas, uel ad offerendas Deo uictimas sacrae obla- 
tionis (or final, as Dr. Shearin, 1 l. c., p. 31, holds?). 
forbgelaedan, lead, induce: 
Oros. 290.10: Firmus wearS gefangen, j fordgelceded to sleanne = 291.9: 
Firmum coegit ad mortem. 
