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THE INFINITIVE WITH NOUNS. 
4. Nouns Denoting Necessity: — 
neod, need, necessity: 
Laws 256, VI iEthelred, c. 42: ealswa us neod is gelome to donne. 
Bened. 127.7 b : bset nan neod ne sy munecum utan to farenne = 194.14: ut 
non sit necessitas Monachis vagandi foras. 
JElf. Horn. II. 372 ml : Ic bohte senne tun, and me is neod to farenne and 
bone geseon (sic!). 
Mlf. L. S. XXIII B. 70: Nis me nan neod feeder be to secgenne hwanon ic 
come. 
Napier’s Ad. to Th. 102.35 b3 : me is neod to farenne and bone sceawian 
(sic!). 
Mat. 14.16 a : Nabbab hi neode to farenne - Non habent necesse ire. 
niedbearf [nyd-], need, necessity: 
Pr. Ps. 15.1: for bam bu me eall ba god sealdest be ic hsebbe, and be heora 
nan nydSearf nis eft on me to nimenne = 15.2: quoniam bonorum meorum non 
eges. 
bearf, need, necessity: 
Gen. 279: Nis me wihtse Searf hearran to habbanne. 
Greg. 67.4 b : angiennab bonne . . . mare secgean & smeagean suibor bonne 
him Searf sie to begonganne = 40.26: seepe se in quibusdam inquisitionibus plus, 
quam necesse est, exercentes, ex nimia subtilitate falluntur. 
Laws 256, VI iEthelred, c. 42, § 2: beet mannum is meest Searf oftost to 
gemunenne. 
Wcerf. 79.6: he gebohte beet him nan c Searf nses to habbenne = 205 A: emit 
quod necessarium non habebat. 
Bl. Horn. 63.5: us is mycel Searf to witenne. 
Wulf. 308.22: beet mannum is msest Searf oftost to gemunanne. 
5. Nouns Denoting Will, Purpose, Inclination, etc.: — 
geomfulnes, eagerness, desire: 
Bede 206.11, 12: he hsefde ba geornfulnesse haligu gewritu to rcedanne y 
wseccean to beganganne = 161.21 a> b : solertiam lectionis et uigiliarum. 
gi(e)men, care, concern: 
Bede 482.1: ba deeghwamlican gimene to singanne = 357.13: cotidianam 
cantandi in ecclesia curam. 
intinga, cause, occasion: 
Bede 120.7: intinga to onfonne Cristes geleafan = 97.21: occasio . . . 
percipiendae fidei. 
lufu, love: 
Bede 82.25: Mid by bonne seo lufu ne bib tudres to tilienne = 58.29: Cum 
uero non amor ortandi subolis . . . dominatur. 
lustbsemes, desire: 
Boeth. 74.7: ne furbum nane lustbcernesse nabbab hi to secanne = 66.16: 0. 
willa, will, desire: 
Boeth. 107.13: habbab emnmicelne willan to to cumenne = 0. 
AH If. Horn. I. 394*: baba hi forleton bone willan to agenne. 
6. Nouns Denoting Help: — 
fultum, help, assistance: 
Solil. 39.15, 16: Ic hi lufige for freondscype and for gefersedenne and ba 
