188 ORIGIN OF CONSTRUCTIONS OF INFINITIVE IN ANGLO-SAXON. 
5. Verbs of Inclination and of Will. 1 
Of the verbs belonging to this group, none is found with an inflected objec¬ 
tive infinitive in the poems. In the translations, the Anglo-Saxon infinitive 
corresponds oftenest to a Latin objective infinitive active, but occasionally to 
other idioms. A number of the verbs do not occur in the translations ( andra - 
dan , forsacan , murnan, oferhogian , reccan, swerian, teon , wandian), but with 
the exception of the first two (in JSlfric) they are found in the Chronicle or in 
the Laws, and with them all the infinitive is probably native. The verbs fol¬ 
lowed by an objective infinitive in the translations are so sparingly represented 
as to preclude confident conclusions, but to me the infinitive with these, as 
with the verbs above mentioned, seems in the main of native origin. 
The Latin correspondents are: — for adroedan: objective active infinitive, 1; — for beo- 
tigan: ad + a gerund in the accusative, 1; — for fleon: objective active infinitive, 1;—-for 
forseon: objective active infinitive, 1; — for gedyrstlcecan: objective active infinitive, 5; 
adhortative subjunctive, 2; — for getilian: accusative and gerundial infinitive, 1; — for 
giernan: objective active infinitive, 2; absolute passive participle, 1; —-for higian: objective 
active infinitive (or final?), 1; ad + a gerundive in the accusative, 2; — for onscunian: loose 
paraphrase, 1; — for warenian: co-ordinated finite verb, active, 1; —-for wi&sacan: accusative 
and active infinitive as object, 1. 
6. “Habban,” ‘have.* 
An inflected infinitive is not found with habban in the poems; in the transla¬ 
tions, the infinitive corresponds to several Latin idioms {ad + an accusative, 
a gerundial periphrastic, a co-ordinated indicative active; and a periphrastic 
future indicative active). It is possible, perhaps probable, that the Latin 
exercised a slight influence in these instances. 
In a word, the inflected infinitive as object seems of native origin in the 
first three groups of verbs above given ((1) of Commanding, (2) of Permit¬ 
ting, (3) of Mental Perception), also in group 5 (verbs of Inclination and of 
Will) in the main; but the idiom is more or less due to Latin influence in group 4 
(verbs of Beginning, Delaying, and Ceasing) and in group 6 (habban). 
III. THE INFINITIVE UNINFLECTED AND INFLECTED. 
1. Verbs of Commanding. 2 
Of this group of verbs, bebeodan, beodan, and biddan are found with an ob¬ 
jective infinitive in the poems. In the translations the Anglo-Saxon objective 
infinitive, both uninflected and inflected, corresponds to several different Latin 
idioms, and in all probability the idiom is native to Anglo-Saxon with this 
whole group of verbs. 
The correspondents in Latin are: — for bebeodan: U.: accusative and passive infinitive 
as object, 3; — I.: gerundive in the accusative, 1; co-ordinated finite verb, active, 1; — for 
beodan: U.: 0; — I.: subjective active infinitive, 1; co-ordinated finite verb, active, 1; — 
for bewerigan: U.: subjective passive infinitive, 1; — I.: objective active infinitive, 1; — 
for biddan: U.: objective active infinitive, 1; accusative and passive infinitive as object, 2; 
appositive participle active, 1; no Latin, 1; — I.: 0; — for forbeodan: U.: objective active 
infinitive, 1; — I.: noun in the accusative, 1; no Latin, 1; — for gehatan: U.: absolute 
participle passive, 1; accusative and passive infinitive as object, 1; — I.: accusative and a 
future active infinitive, 1. 
1 Given in Chapter II, p. 37. 
2 Given in Chapter II, p. 44. 
