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STATISTICS OF THE INFINITIVE IN ANGLO-SAXON. 
VIII. The Predicative Infinitive with Accusative Subject. 
AS OBJECT. 
A. THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
Normally the infinitive is uninflected, but sporadically it is inflected. 
1. Uninflected. 
seteawan, show, demonstrate (1): Bede (1): 84.2 = 59.4. 
afindan, find (1): A. S. Horn. & L. S. I (1): 9.364. 
alaetan, allow, permit (2): Beow. (1): 2666. — Dan. (1): 591. 
andettan: see ondettan. 
bebeodan [bi-], command (16): Pr. Ps. (2): 41.9 a ; 43.6. — Ex. ( 6 ): 217 a,b ; 218 a,b ; 219 a,b . — 
El. (1): 980. — And. (7): 729; 730; 773; 775 a * b ; 777; 779. 
began [biegan], urge, force (1): Ps. (1): 143.14 (?). 
behealdan [bi-], behold, see (1): /Elf. Horn. (1): II. 32 m . 
bibeodan: see bebeodan. 
biddan, bid, request, command (12): Bede (1): 6.13 = 16.3. — Chron. (1): 173*, 1048 E a .— 
/Elf. L. S. (3): 76.439, 440; 266.70. — Gen. (1): 2031. — Dan. ( 2 ): 359; 542. — El. (1): 
1101. — Gu. (1): 1133. — And. (1): 1614. — Maldon (1): 170. 
bihealdan: see behealdan. 
cweSan, say (1): Wcerf. (1): 203.23 = 248 D. 
don, make, cause (14): Bede (1): 98.27 b = 81.29 b . — Laws (1): 410, Judicium Dei IV, c. 4, 
§1. — /Elf. Horn. (9): I. 64 m , 468 m 2> 3 * 4 ; II. 216 m , 296 b , 442 b , 600™. — Wulf. (2): 
196.1, 2. — Ps. (1): 103.30. 
eowan, show (1): Wcerf. (1): 200.14 = 244 C 4 . 
findan, find, discover (10): Oros. (1): 128.14 = 129.12. — /Elf. Horn. (1): I. 452*. — L. (1): 
19.32. — Beow. (5): 119; 1268; 1415; 2271; 3034. — Jul. (1): 364. — Jud. (1): 278. 
forbeodan, forbid (1): Mat. (1): 19.14. 
foresecgan, foretell, predict (1): Bede (1): 406.21 = 294.23. 
forlaetan, allow, permit (53): Bede (1): 318.4 = 243.28. — Greg. (1): 467.11 = 404.1. — Oros. 
(1): 212.17 = 213.22. — Solil. (3): 5.6; 21 . 22 ; 62.27. — Chron. (1): 5*, Intr. E. — Wcerf. 
(1): 294.5 = 356 A 1 . — BI. Horn. ( 6 ): 59.29; 75.26; 87.14; 127.22; 227.21; 249.15.— 
Mart. (1): 156.21. —/Elf. Horn. (4): II. 192* 2 , 194*, 396 bl * 2 . — ^Elf. L. S. ( 6 ): 144.429; 
XXIII B. 389, 703; XXXI. 1062; XXXIII. 304; XXXIV. 355. — /Elf. Hept. (1): Judges 
3.21.—AClf. Minor Prose (1): Napier's Ad. to Th. (1): 102.38*. — A. S. Horn,. & L. S. I 
(1): 9.101. — Wulf. (5): 232.17; 254.21; 256.4 a ’ b , 5. — Beow. (1): 3167.— Gen. ( 2 ): 
1406; 1450. — El. ( 2 ): 598; 794. — Ju. (1): 489.— Gu. (1): 1148. —And. (2): 836; 
1589. — Rid. (2): 39.4 a > b . — Ps. (1): 124.3. — D. R. (1): 62. — F. I. (1): 75. — Mal¬ 
don (3): 150; 156; 322. — Prayers ( 1 ): IV. 49. — S. & S. (1): 456. — Schopf. (1): 101. 
geacsian [geaxian], learn by asking (4): BI. Horn. (2): 109.2 a ’ b . — Wulf. (2): 2.2, 5. 
geaxian: see geacsian. 
gecy<5an, make known (1): Wcerf. (1): 137.7 = B. 166 A. 
gedon, make, cause ( 2 ): BI. Horn. (1): 239.16. — /Elf. L. S. (1): XXXIII. 316. 
gefelan, feel, perceive ( 2 ): Bede (1): 156.32 = 130.30. — Wcerf. (1): 236.1 = 288 B. 
gefricgan: see gefrignan. 
gefrignan [gefricgan], learn by inquiry, hear (41): Beow. (9): 1012; 1029; 1970; 2485; 2695; 
2754 a. b ; 2773 ; 2775. — Gen. (5): 1961; 2060; 2242; 2483; 2540. — Ex. (3): 7; 99; 286. — 
Dan. ( 6 ): 1; 2; 3; 57; 459; 739. — Chr. (1): 79. — And. (1): 1700. —Rid. (5): 46.1, 
2 a .b. c. 49 L _ j U( i . ( 4 ) ; g; 9; 247; 249.— Har. (1): 161. — Fallen Angels (1): 226. — 
Finns. ( 2 ): 40; 41. — S. & S. ( 2 ): 179; 181. — Wids. (1): 10. 
gehatan, promise (4): Bede (3): 122.34 = 99.25; 316.29 = 243.22; 394.27 = 287.15. — /Elf. 
L. S. (1): XXIII B. 693. 
gehawian, see ( 1 ): Wcerf. ( 1 ): 250.26 = 305 C. 
geheran: see gehieran. 
gehieran [-e-, -y-], hear (53): Bede (11): 156.21 = 130.19; 174.17 = 143.22; 212.9 a ’ b = 
164.31; 264.21 = 208.22; 264.28 = 208.29; 322.3 = 245.28; 352.10 a * b = 264.7, 8 ; 400.18 = 
290.8; 470.17 = 346.3. — Wcerf. (3): 117.22 = B. 148 A 3 ; 153.22 = B. 180 B; 329.9 = 
396D. — BI. Horn. (4): 15.15; 19.18; 73.36; 75.1. — Pr. Gu. (1): XX. 74 . — Mlf. 
