THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
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Group of Verbs: 
Followed by Uninfl. Followed by Infl. Inf. 
Inf. Only: Only: 
Followed by Uninfl. 
and Infl. Inf.: 
( aa ) Commanding: • 
(bb) Causing and 
Permitting: 
(cc) Sense Percep¬ 
tion: 
(dd) Mental Per¬ 
ception : 
(ee) Beginning, 
Delaying, Ceasing: 
(jf) Inclination 
and Will: 
(gg) Other Verbs: 
hatan. 1 
| Icetan. 2 
( gehieran, geseon, hie- 
\ ran, ofseon, seon. 
In the main: gefrig- 
■ nan, gehogian, hogian, 
K tweogan [tweon] (?). 
' In part: behealdanf 
onmedan. 
■ gedihtan. 
| lief an, lofian. 
See the long list on 
1 p. 187. 
In the main: see 
• the list on pp. 37 and 
. 188. 
habban in part. 
r bebeodan, beodan, be- 
• werian, biddan, for - 
L beodan, gehatan. 
aliefan, geSafian, 
sellan. 
' In the main: see 
■ the list on pp. 44 
. and 189. 
' fon 3 forlcetan, and 
• the compounds of 
L ginnan , in the main. 
In the main: see 
■ the list on pp. 190- 
> 192. 
(c) Predicate nominative, in part, normally inflected. 
(d) Appositive, in part, normally uninflected. 
H. PREDICATIVE (OR MORE VERBAL): 
(a) With auxiliary verbs, uninflected save in a few sporadic cases. 
( b ) With verbs of motion and of rest, uninflected. 
(c) With ( w)uton , in the main, uninflected. 
(d) With accusative subject, as object, uninflected save in a few sporadic 
instances, after (aa) verbs of commanding: bebeodan, biddan, hatan; (bb) verbs 
of causing and permitting: Icetan and its compounds, alcetan and forlcetan; (cc) 
verbs of sense perception: gehieran, geseon, hieran, ofseon, seon; and (dd) verbs 
of mental perception: afindan, findan, gefrignan, gehyhtan, gemetan, gemittan, 
gewitan, onfindan, witan. * 
(e) With accusative subject, as object, inflected, after this verb of mental 
perception, tcecan. [The inflected infinitive with accusative subject is found 
once each after findan and gereccan, in iElfric.] 
(/) With apparent but not real dative subject, uninflected and inflected. 
HI. ADVERBIAL: 
(a) With Verbs: 
(aa) Final, uninflected, after verbs of motion and of rest. 
(bb) Absolute, inflected; possibly, also, the sporadic uninflected infinitive. 
(cc) Causal, uninflected and inflected, in part. 
(dd) Consecutive, inflected, in the main, with both active and passive verbs. 
(b) With Adjectives: 
(aa) Specificatory, normally inflected, except when the infinitive is clearly 
genitival in function: 
(bb) Consecutive, habitually inflected. 
1 Indeterminable: abiddan. 2 Indeterminable: don, forgiefan. 
3 Indeterminable: ablinnan, geswican. 4 Indeterminable: cunnian, gegiernian. 
