THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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beah ofer sealle obre be me maestne fultum dob to ongyttanne and to witanne 
gesceadwisnesse and wisdom = 0. 
7. Nouns Denoting Office and Work: — 
ealdorlicnes, authority: 
Bede 206.13: he haefde . . . ealdorlicnesse (5a ofermedan to Sreageanne 
— 161.22: auctoritatem . . . redarguendi superbos. 
begnung [benung], service, office: 
Bede 402.30 a ’ b : he naefre ... (5a Senunge to cristienne obbe to fullwienne 
. . . leornian meahte = 291.18 a ’ b : cathecizandi uel baptizandi ministerium. 
weorc, work: 
Bede 418.27: baet willsume weorc . . . godspel to Iceranne = 301.23: euan- 
gelizandi gentibus opus. 
8. Nouns Denoting Usage, Custom: — 
aebelo, habit (?): 
Boeth. 91.20: of baere stowe be his eard and ce&elo bib on to wexanne = 79.56:0. 
be aw, custom, habit: 
Beow. 1941: Ne bib swylc cwenlic &eaw idese to efnanne beah be hio aenlicu 
sy (?). 
Bede 258.31: se . . . regollicne Seaw to lifgenne Ongolcynnes ciricum saegde 
7 laerde = 205.18: catholicum uiuendi morem . . . didicit. 
9. Nouns Denoting Example and Teaching: — 
bisn [bysn], example: 
Greg. 307.9: us salde bisne ur[ne] willan to brecanne = 234.27: ut exemplum 
nobis frangendce nostrse voluntatis prsebeat. 
lar, teaching: 
Bede 160.8: betwih obre lare mannum to lyfigeanne = 135.21: inter alia 
uiuendi documenta. 
2. Nouns Denoting Things. 
I give only a few examples: — 
drenc, drink: 
Lcece. 42.1: Drenc wib feondseocum men of ciricbellan to drincanne. 
drinc, drink: 
And. 23: naes baer hlafes wist werum on bam wonge ne waeteres drync to 
bruconne. 
eage, eye: 
AElf. Hept.: Deut. 29.4 a : drihten eow ne sealde undergitende heortan, ne 
eagan to geseonne ne earan to gehirenne = non dedit vobis dominus cor intelligens 
et oculos videntes et aures quae possunt audire. 
eare, ear: 
Mlf. Hept.: Deut. 29.4 b , quoted under eage. 
Napier’s Ad. to Th. 102.32*: Se be haebbe earan to gehyrenne, gehyre bas 
word. [Cf. the following examples from the Gospels.] 
Gosp.: Mat. 11.15: Se be earan haebbe to gehyrynne (sic!), gehyre = Qui 
habet aures audiendi, audiat. So: Mat. 13.9, 43; Mk. 4.9, 23; L. 14.35. 
fela, much: 
Greg. 237.13: Fela ic haebbe eow to secganne = 178.28: Multa habeo vobis 
dicere (or objective?). 
