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STATISTICS OF THE INFINITIVE IN ANGLO-SAXON. 
geweofSan [-u-], happen: U. (1): Gen. (1): 1692. — I. (0). 
gewurSan: see geweor&an. 
helpan, help: U. (0). — I. (2): Mlf. L. S. (1): XXXVI. 183. — Lcece. (1): 41.12. 
lician, please: U. (2): Bede (1): 276.12 = 214.31. — Mlf. L. S. (1): 308.32. — I. (4): Pr. Ps. 
(1): 43.5 = 43.4. — Laws (1): 46, yElfred, Intr., c. 49, § 10. — Mlf. L. S. (1): 308.30. — 
A. S. Horn. & L. S. II. (1): 18.293. 
lystan, please: U. (61): Bede (2): 398.7 a> b = 288.26, 27 a . — Boeth. (8): 1.11 = 0; 39.21 = 0; 
59.9 = 26.23; 78.32 = 70.93; 88.19 = 76.125; 91.8 = 78.46; 121.12, 20 = 0 .—-Greg. (1): 
279.6 = 210.15. — Oros. (1): 50.17 = 0. — Solil. (11): 1.6; 14.22; 34.9; 39.1; 42.4 a - b , 
7 a> b ; 52.4; 64.12; 67.22. — Wcerf. (12): 2.21 =0; 18.2 a - b = 160 C; 34.28 = 172 B 2 ; 60.7 
= 192 B 1 ; 83.20. = 208 C; 86.14 = 212 A; 177.23 = B.204 B 1 ; 182.16 a * b = 221 A 1 - 2 ; 
209.23 b = 256 B 2 ; 246.19 a = 301 A 1 . — Bened. (2) 126.17, 18 = 194.2. — Bl. Horn. (2); 
51.16; 101.20 a . — Mlf. Horn. (1): II. 220 b . — Mlf. L.S. (1): 356.297. — jElfric’s Minor 
Prose (8): Mlf. Gr. (8): 211.5, 9, 10 a - b , 11, 12 a - b ; 214.9. — Wulf. (3): 141.8 a * b * c .— 
Lcece. (1): 49.35. — Minor Prose (1): Alex. (1): 629.— Beow. (1): 1793.— Met. (6): 9. 19; 
10.20; 19.16, 33, 34, 39. — I. (4): Oros. (1): 102.25 = 0. — Solil. (3): 14.23; 59.33 a > b . 
onhagian [an-], please: U. (1): Greg. (1): 289.16 = 218.19. — I. (7): Greg. (2): 341.13 = 
264.6; 417.17 = 338.21. — Solil. (2): 26.7; 65.10. — Chron. (1): 175 b , 1052 D C . — Mlf. 
Horn. (1): I. 448* 3 . — Mlf. L. S. (1): 4.37. 
sc(e)amian, shame: U. (0). — I. (5): Chron. (1): 170 m , 1050 D. — Mlf. L. S . (4): 200.76; 
202.125; 370.100; XXIII B. 327. 
tSyncan, seem: U. (0). —I. (1 ):Greg. (1): 177.19 = 132.17. 
tSyncan + an adjective (or occasionally a noun): — 
— aetSryt, troublesome: U. (0). — I. (1): Mlf. Horn. (1): II. 374 b . 
— dyselig, foolish: U. (0). — I. (1): Mlf. Horn. (1): I. 94 b 2 . 
— eaSre, easier: U. (0). — I. (2) : Solil. (2): 21.24; 22.1. 
—hefigtime, troublesome: U. (0). — I. (1): Mlf. Hept. (1): Pref. to Gen. 22.5. 
— lang [- 0 -], long , tiresome: U. (0). — I. (1): Solil. (1): 52.17. 
— langsum [- 0 -], long, tiresome: U. (0). — I. (1): Wulf. (1): 100.23. 
—leofra, dearer: U. (0). — I. (1): Wulf. (1): 196.7. 
—■ sceamu, shame: U. (0). — I. (1): Chron. (1): 216 b , 1085 E b . 
— selest [-ost], best: U. (0). —I. (2): El. (2): 533; 1165 (or each with adjective?). 
— selle, better: U. (0). — I. (1): Ju. (1): 408. 
— sellic [-y-], strange: U. (0). — I. (2): Mlf. L. S. (1): XXV. 564 (or with adjective?).— 
Wulf. (1): 269.26. 
— syllic: see sellic. 
— wierse [-y-], worse: U. (0). — I. (1): Solil. (1): 36.7. 
— wyrse: see wierse. 
2. With Passive Verbs. 
alefan: see aliefan. 
aliefan [-e-, -y-], allow: U. (5): Bede (5): 84.20 = 59.20; 278.10, 11 =216.7, 8; 278.22 = 
216.22; 280.1 = 217.1. — I. (29): Boeth. (1) 121.19 a = 103.93 a . — Wcerf. (3): 39.21 = 176 
A; 156.3 = B. 182 B 1 ; 214.8 = 261 A. —Bened. (1): 86.6 = 154.7. — Bl. Horn. (1): 
137.15. — Mlf. Horn. (4): II. 40 m , 348 b , 484 b 2 , 520 m . — Mlf. L. S. (1): XXV. 684.— 
Gosp. (6): Mat. (5): 12.2, 10, 12; 14.4; 19.3; — Mk. (1): 6.18. — A. S. Horn. & L. S. 
II (1): 18.258. — Wulf. (8): 136.24; 210.17; 227.9, 12 a - b , 13; 285.12,13. — Minor Prose 
(2): Nic. (2): 476.16, 478.1. — Gu. (1): 1223. 
alyfan: see aliefan. 
bebeodan, command: U. (2): Mlf. Horn. (2): II. 398 bl * 2 . — I. (3): Bede (1): 206.16 = 
161.27. — Boeth. (2): 40.10 = 0; 40.24 = 0. 
bewerian, prohibit: U. (2): Bede (2): 76.19 = 54.31; 78.31 = 56.9. — I. (0). 
forgi(e)fan, give, grant: U. (0). —I. (2): Mlf. L. S. (2): XXIX. 134 a , b 
(ge)sellan, give, allow: U. (0). — I. (2): Gosp. (2): Mat. (1): 13.11; — Mk. (1): 4.11. 
laefan, leave: U. (0). — I. (1): Boeth. (1): 42.9 = 44.18. 
tSencan, consider, + an adjective: — 
— halwende, salutary: U. (0). — I. (1): Mlf. L. S. (1): XXV. 479. 
Syncan, seem, consider(l), + an adverb: — 
— wiertSlicor [-U-], worthily: U. (0). — I. (1): Mlf. Horn. (1): I. 48* 4 . 
— wurSlicor: see wier&licor. 
