206 ORIGIN OF CONSTRUCTIONS OF INFINITIVE IN ANGLO-SAXON. 
passive, 1); a subordinated finite verb (active, 9; passive, 1); a gerundive in the accusative, 
1; an appositive participle, passive, nominative, 1; a loose paraphrase, 1; doubtful, 1; no 
Latin, 16. 
To sum up this group, the predicative infinitive with Icetan and its compounds, 
alcetan and forlcetan, shows no trace of Latin influence; with all the other verbs 
of the group it shows appreciable traces of such influence. 
3. Verbs of Sense Perception. 1 
As to the verbs of sense perception ( behealdan , gefelan, gehawian, gehieran, 
geseon, hieran, ofseon, sceawian , and seon), with the exception of hieran and 
seon and their compounds, we have too few examples of them followed by the 
accusative-with-infinitive construction to draw confident conclusions. 
Behealdan is found but once, in iElfric, followed by an accusative and 
infinitive. 
Gefelan is in each of its two occurrences (Bede, 1; Wcerf., 1) due to Latin 
influence. 
Gehawian, occurring once, in Wcerf., is due to the Latin original. 
Sceawian, occurring twice, in Wcerf., is likewise due to Latin influence. 
On the contrary, hieran and its compound ( gehieran ) and seon and its com¬ 
pound 2 ( geseon ) show little or no trace of Latin influence, occurring with the 
accusative and infinitive frequently in poetry, and in the prose translations 
often not having the accusative and infinitive in the Latin originals. 
The Latin correspondents are: — for gehieran: an accusative and infinitive (active, 11; 
passive, 1); a predicative present participle, accusative, 3; a loose paraphrase, 1;—’for 
geseon: an accusative and infinitive (active, 51; passive, 2); an active infinitive as retained 
object, 6; a subjective infinitive, active, 1; a predicative participle (nominative: active, 3; 
accusative: active, 29; passive, 4); an appositive participle, passive, nominative, 1; an 
absolute participle (active, 1; passive, 1); a co-ordinated finite verb, active, 3; a subordi¬ 
nated finite verb, active, 4; a predicate noun in the accusative, 1; a prepositional phrase, 1; 
a gerundive in the nominative, 1; no Latin, 8; — for hieran: an accusative and active infini¬ 
tive, 1; — for ofseon: 0; — for seon: 0. 
In all probability, therefore, the accusative with infinitive after hieran and 
seon and their compounds is not due to Latin influence; but this idiom after 
all other verbs of sense perception in Anglo-Saxon (except behealdan) is prob¬ 
ably due to Latin influence. 
4. Verbs of Mental Perception. * 3 
In the verbs of mental perception (ceteawan, afindan, eowan, findan, geacsian, 
gecy&an, gefrignan, gehatan, gehyhtan, geliefan, gemetan, gemittan, gemunan, 
getriewan, gewitan, leer an, onfindan, ongietan, tali (g) an, tellan, wenan, and 
witan), again, a number of words occur so seldom with the predicative infinitive 
as to make deductions difficult concerning them. 
Mteawan, found only once, in Bede, has an accusative and an infinitive that 
are clearly due to the Latin original. 
Of afindan all we can say with certainty is that the idiom occurs with it 
once only, in A. S. Horn. & L. S. In all probability, what is said below of the 
simplex, findan, is true of the compound, afindan. 
1 Cf. Chapter VIII, p. 108. 2 Ofseon occurs only once in this construction (in JElf. Horn.). 
3 Cf. Chapter VIII, p. 108. 
