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upastigan, ascend (1): /Elf. Horn. (1): II. 300 m l . 
waefan, clothe (2): Wulf. (2): 119.6 b ; 209.3 b . 
warnian, take warning, beware of (4): Wulf. (4): 80.4; 130.14; 147.18; 188.11. 
wendan, wend, turn (3): Wulf. (3): 141.27; 142.9; 265.4 a . 
wenian, accustom, train (1): Wulf. (1): 76.1. 
weortSan, become (1): Wulf. (1): 169.ll b . 
weorSian [wurS-], honor (7): Laws (2): 268, VIII iEthelred, c. 44 a ; 269, IX^Ethelred, Expl a . 
— Mlf. Horn. (1): I. 446 h .—Mf. L. S. (1): 260.363 . — Mlf. Hept. (1): Gen. 11.4 b . — 
Wulf. (2): 143.21 a ; 272.27 a . 
werian, defend (2): Laws (1): 246, V iEthelred, c. 35 b . — Widf. (1): 143.22 b . 
wilnian, wish, desire (1): Chr. (1): 773. 
wircean: see wyrcean. 
wistfullian, feast, delight (1): vElfric’s Minor Prose (1): Mlf. Gr. 263.16. 
wiSstandan, withstand (1): Mlf. Horn. (1): I. 604* 4 . 
wuldrian, honor, glorify (1): Hymn (1): 1. 
wurcaen: see wyrcan. 
wurSian: see weor<5ian. 
wynsumian, rejoice (1): Bl. Horn. (1): 91.8. 
wyrcan [-i-, -u-, -cean], work, make, do (21): Mlf. Horn. (1): I. 160 b 2 . — Mlf. Hept. (6): Pref. 
to Gen. 23.25, 26; — De V. T. 11.41; — Gen. 1.26; 2.18 b ; 11.3 a . — jElfric’s Minor Prose 
(4): Mlf. Int. (4): 163, 169, 170, 173. —Gosp. (3): Mat. (1): 17.4 b ; — Mk. (1): 9.5; — L. 
(1): 9.33. — A. S. Horn. & L. S. I (1): 7.322. — Wulf. (6): 41.1; 94.14; 109.7; 119.14 b ; 
124.13 b ; 127.11. 
wyrcean: see wyrcan. 
B. THE PASSIVE INFINITIVE. 
Given in full in Chapter VI, p. 95. 
Note 1. “ Uie ” and the Infinitive: given in full in Note 4 to Chapter VI, p. 96. 
Note 2. “ ( W)uton ” with the Infinitive to Be Supplied: see Note 6 to Chapter VI, p. 96. 
VII. The Predicative Infinitive with “Beon” (“ Wesan”). 
A. THE INFINITIVE DENOTES NECESSITY OR OBLIGATION. 
I. The Infinitive Passive in Sense. 
Sporadically the infinitive is uninflected, but normally it is inflected. 
1. The Infinitive Uninflected. 
Given in full in Chapter VII, p. 98. 
2. The Infinitive Inflected. 
aberan, bear with: P. 1 (1): Wcerf. (1): 108.32 a = B. 138 C 1 . — I. (0). 
ademan, judge: P. (1): Bede (1): 430.32 a = 308.12 a . —-I. (0). 
adreogan, tolerate: P. (1): Wcerf. (1): 108.32 b = B. 138 C 1 . — I. (0). 
agietan, consider: P. (1): A. S. Horn. & L. S. II (1): 12.31. — I. (0). 
ahabban, abstain: P. (0). —-I. (1): Bede (1): 82.6 = 57.31. 
ahsian, ask, inquire: P. (1): Bened. (1): 22.1 = 44.5. —I. (0). 
aleogan, deny: P. (1): Laws (1): 46, Alfred, c. I, § 1. — I. (0). 
aliesan [-y-j, redeem: P. (2): Laws (2): 14, Wihtraed, c. 28 c ; 98, Ine, c. 20°. — I. (0). 
alysan: see aliesan. 
anlaetan, continue: P. (1): Bened. (1): 66.1 = 124.10. — I. (0). 
anscunian: see onscunian. 
apinsian, ponder, weigh: P. (0). —I. (1): Wulf. (1): 245.9 b . 
araefnan, tolerate: P. (1): Bede (1): 72.7 = 51.34. — I. (0). 
araeran, raise, erect: P. (2): Bened. (1): 23.4 = 46.5. — Mlf. Horn. (1): I. 498* L —I. (0). 
1 Throughout this section, P. indicates that the subject is personal; I., that the subject is impersonal. 
