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THE INFINITIVE WITH NOUNS. 
naht, naught. 
nanwiht [-wuhtl, naught. 
onlegen, medicinal application. 
pening, penny. 
petraoleum, petroleum. 
rod, rood, cross. 
son, sound, music. 
spell, story, narrative. 
Typical examples are: — 
1. Nouns Denoting Ideas. 
1. Nouns Denoting Permission and Prohibition: — 
beweren(n)is, 'prohibition: 
Bede 86.13 a ’ b : bonon hafab b®t mod hwylcehugu scylde, nales hwsebre ob 
bewerennisse to onfonne baem halgan geryne, obbe ba symbelnesse to mcersienne 
msessesonges = 60.12 a ’ b : non tamen usque ad prohibitionem pecipiendi sancti 
mysterii uel missarum solemnia celebrandi. 
leaf, permission: 
Boeth. 120.28: habbab leafe yfel to donne = 102.76: malorum potestas. 
Greg. 397.26: aefterbaembe he hwelcehwugu gerisenlice leafe dyde baem 
gesinhiwon hira willan to fremmanne, he cwaeb = 316.8: Quibusdum in magna 
honestate conjugii aliquid de voluptate largiretur, adjunxit. 
Chron. 260*, 1129 E: se kyng hem geaf ealle leue ham to farene. 
Laws 483, Wilhelm I, c. l b : habbe he fulle leafe swa to donne. 
Wcerf. 10.2: Hu iEquitius onfeng leafe to bodianne = 0. 
Bened. 21.17: leaf geseald sie to sprecenne — 42.17: loquendi concedatur 
licentia. 
Mlf. L. S. XXXI. 384, 385: sealde him leafe to siSigenne forb and baet lie 
to berenne. 
Mlf. Hept.: Gen. 42.34: baet ge . . . leafe habbon (sic!) to biegeanne (5set 
baet ge wyllab = emendi habeatis licentiam. 
leafnes [lef-], permission: 
Bede 112.6: heo . . . lefnesse sealdon deofolgyld to bigongenne bam folcum 
= 91.9: idola colendi . . . dare licentiam. — lb. 400.8 a>b : lefnes ... to cer - 
nenne 7 to flitenne = 289.29: certandi . . . copia. 
spraec, speech. 
staef, stick. 
tol, tool. 
bearfa, poor man. 
bing, thing. 
wegnest, provisions for a journey. 
wela, wealth. 
wundor, wonder. 
2. Nouns Denoting Power, Might, Capacity, etc.: — 
andgi(e)t, intelligence, ability: 
Mlf. Horn. I. 344 m : men ... be habbab lytel andgit to understandenne ba 
deopnysse Godes lare. 
anweald, power, authority: 
Mlf. L. S. XXXIV. 322 a * b : me is geseald anweald to ofsleanne and to 
edcucigenne. 
Mk. 3.15 a * b : he him anweald sealde untrumnessa to hcelanne, and deofol- 
seocnessa ut to adrifanne = dedit illis potestatem curandi infirmitates et ejiciendi 
dsemonia. 
gelseredness 
and , learning, skill: 
getydness 
Bede 362.28 a,b : wses . . . Cubbyrhte swa mycel getydnes 7 gelcerednes to 
sprecenne = 269.32: Cudbercto tanta erat dicendi peritia. 
