THE PREDICATIVE INFINITIVE WITH ACCUSATIVE SUBJECT. 241 
VIIL PREDICATIVE INFINITIVE WITH ACCUSATIVE SUBJECT. 
I. THE INFINITIVE UNINFLECTED. 
A. THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
AS OBJECT. 
The predicative infinitive with accusative subject, in object clauses, is 
common in the Germanic languages after (1) verbs of commanding, (2) verbs 
of causing and permitting, and (3) verbs of sense perception, although, as 
stated above, p. 107, some scholars, including Grimm, prefer to consider the 
infinitive after these verbs as objective rather than predicative. And after 
these verbs the idiom is common in the more original literature (as in Otfrid in 
Old High German) as well as in the translations (as in Gothic; in Tatian and 
Notker in Old High German). 1 
A few examples will suffice for illustration: — 
(1) Verbs of Commanding: 
Gothic: — Mat. 8.18: haihait galeipan siponjans hindar marein = ZKeXevo-ev 
aireXPelv ear to irtpav (with an accusative implied in the preceding clause). 
Old Norse: — ba& harm segja ser. 2 
Old High German: — Tatian 161.38: heiz mih queman = jube me venire ; 3 — 
ib. 161.1: gibot her thie jungiron stigan . . . inti furifaran = jussit discipulos 
ascendere . . . et precedere . 4 
Old Saxon: Hel. 5831: hiet sia eft thanan gangan endi faran te them jungron, 
seggian 5 etc. 
(2) Verbs of Causing and Permitting: 
Gothic: Mat. 8.22: jah let pans daupans filhan seinans daupans= koll apes 
t ovs veKpovg Paif/cu tovs eavrcov veKpovs ; Mat. 5.32: taujip pO horinon = 7roi€t avrrjv 
Ixoi^evOrjvaL. 
Old Norse: leto hannfara naubgan me<5 ser. 6 
Old High German: Tatian 127.7: laz mih fursagen = permitte mihi re- 
nuntiare ; 7 
Old Saxon: Hel. 1986: tho let hie that uuerod si&on. s 
(3) Verbs of Sense Perception: 
Gothic: J. 6.62: jabai nu gasaihvip sunu mans ussteigan = Zav ovv OtMpfjTt tov 
vl bv . . . avafiaivovra. [But more usually this and the other verbs of this group 
are followed by the accusative and the predicative participle in Gothic, in 
strict conformity with the Greek original. 9 ] 
Old Norse: sal ser hon standa. 10 
Old High German: Otfrid I, 25.23: gisah er queman gotes geist; — ib. I, 25.15: 
then fater hort er sprechan , u 
1 See for Gothic: Apelt, 1 1. c., pp. 280-297; Streitberg, 2 1. c., pp. 211-212; Van der Meer, l. c., pp. 55-59; — 
for Old Norse: Falk and Torp, l. c., pp. 201-203; Kahle, l. c., p. 139; Lund, l. c., pp. 381-384; Nygaard, l. c., 
pp. 231-232; for Old High German: Apelt, 2 1. c., pp. 1-7; Denecke, l. c., pp. 25-53; Erdmann, 1 O., 1. c., pp. 205— 
210; Wilmanns, l. c., pp. 118-119; — for Middle High German and New High German: Apelt, 2 l. c., pp. 8-21; 
Blatz, l. c., II, pp. 557-569; Herford, l. c., pp. 8-13; Wilmanns, l. c., pp. 120-121; — for Old Saxon: Pratje, 
l. c., pp. 70-72; Steig,hc.,pp. 470-484; Behaghel, 3 h c., pp. 211-212. 
2 From Kahle, l. c., p. 139. 
3 From Denecke, l. c., p. 35. 6 From Kahle, l. c., p. 139. 9 See Streitberg, 2 l. c., pp. 211, 216. 
4 Ibidem, p. 41. 7 From Denecke, l. c., p. 35. 10 From Kahle, l. c., p. 139. 
6 From Steig, l. c., p. 476. 8 From Steig, l. c., p. 477. 11 From Erdmann, 1 O., 1. c., pp. 207-208. 
