Appendix D. 
SYNOPTIC TABLES OF THE USES OF THE INFINITIVE IN ANGLO-SAXON. 
1. IN PROSE, 
The Active Infinitive with Active Verbs in Anglo-Saxon: Synoptic Table of the Uses of. 
2. IN POETRY. 
Use: 
Total in 
Prose and 
In Poetry. 
Total In 
Prose. 
Total In 
Poetry. 
Bede. 
Boeth. 
Greg. 
Oros. 
Solll. 
Summary 
of Alfred. 
Pr. Ps. 
Chron. 
Laws. 
Waerf. 
Bened. 
Bl. Horn. 
Pr. 
Gu. 
Mart. 
-Elf. 
Horn. 
/Elf. 
Hept. 
.Elf. 
L. S. 
A. S. Horn, 
and 
L. S., I. 
.Elfrlc's 
Minor 
Prose. 
Summary 
of .Elfrlc. 
A.S. Horn, 
and L. S., 
II. 
G 
Mat. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
I. 
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I. 
u. 
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I. 
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I. 
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I. 
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I. 
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I. 
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I. 
u. 
I. 
U. 
I. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
I. 
Subjective. 
104 
252 
96 
226 
8 
26 
9 
8 
8 
11 
2 
22 
1 
17 
11 
18 
31 
76 
2 
10 
7 
12 
9 
2 
6 
2 
1 
3 
1 
1 
4 
28 
5 
5 
23 
6 
11 
2 
20 
64 
1 
1 
6 
Objective. 
2709 
529 
2218 
512 
491 
17 
262 
26 
110 
42 
39 
59 
134 
9 
4 
26 
549 
163 
7 
12 
137 
26 
12 
22 
276 
19 
5 
11 
71 
6 
14 
2 
168 
1 
217 
71 
51 
42 
374 
60 
20 
9 
11 
9 
673 
191 
62 
7 
21 
9 
Other Substantival Uses: 
(1) As an Appositive. 
44 
15 
41 
15 
3 
6 
1 
2 
1 
2 
7 
1 
4 
15 
6 
1 
3 
2 
12 
2 
2 
4 
4 
2 
(2) As a Predicate Nominative . 
9 
13 
9 
11 
2 
1 
1 
1 
6 
5 
2 
1 
8 
6 
1 
Predicative with Auxiliary Verbs* . 
38 
36 
2 
4 
14 
1 
1 
1 
Predicative with Verbs of Motion and Rest 
129 
20 
109 
1 
1 
2 
3 
5 
4 
2 
2 
3 
Predicative with (IF) uton . . 
614 
572 
42 
6 
8 
1 
2 
9 
26 
2 
33 
7 
44 
1 
100 
36 
25 
2 
5 
168 
26 
6 
Predicative with Beon {Wesan): ** 
(1) Of Necessity, Passive in Sense . . . 
654 
240 
646 
238 
8 
2 
62 
19 
30 
10 
291 
56 
3 
2 
1 
387 
86 
1 
2 
2 
16 
4 
37 
41 
41 
8 
17 
13 
2 
2 
40 
25 
1 
11 
12 
2 
6 
18 
59 
56 
7 
11 
2 
(2) Of Necessity, Active in Sense . . 
23 
23 
2 
1 
2 
5 
1 
2 
1 
5 
1 
4 
1 
11 
(3) Of Futurity. 
17 
1 
1 
1 
1 
4 
4 
(4) Of Purpose. 
11 
1 
10 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
3 
1 
Predicative with Accusative Subject: 
(1) As Object. 
1512 
15 
1037 
15 
475 
88 
4 
21 
1 
23 
i 
27 
1 
9 
16S 
7 
11 
22 
2 
6 
77 
2 
3 
55 
1 
15 
50 
133 
56 
1 
166 
2 
19 
IS 
392 
3 
22 
12 
(2) As Subject. 
7 
7 
Final. 
442 
541 
323 
526 
119 
15 
15 
88 
7 
8 
28 
2 
13 
2 
25 
138 
7 
24 
1 
14 
4 
36 
3 
2 
17 
1 
3 
4 
6 
72 
7 
41 
7 
55 
10 
9 
12 
29 
190 
3 
8 
15 
15 
Infinitive with Adjectives . 
6 
241 
4 
217 
2 
24 
1 
17 
17 
37 
14 
4 
1 
89 
3 
4 
5 
9 
3 
12 
1 
1 
2 
26 
8 
1 
19 
1 
1 
3 
55 
1 
Other Adverbial Uses: 
(1) Absolute Use. 
2 
17 
2 
16 
1 
9 
2 
2 
9 
(2) Of Cause. 
6 
7 
4 
6 
o 
1 
3 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
(3) Of Result, with Adjectives 
29 
27 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
3 
8 
3 
5 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
6 
(4) Of Result, with Verbs. 
46 
45 
1 
5 
1 
3 
9 
1 
4 
1 
2 
9 
1 
5 
1 
2 
IS 
(5) Of Specification, with Verbs .... 
4 
4 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
Infinitive with Nouns. 
4 
242 
3 
234 
1 
8 
47 
11 
13 
4 
6 
81 
1 
6 
4 
20 
5 
3 
2 
3 
1 
31 
5 
17 
1 
10 
63 
5 
U. 
u. 
u. 
Summary 
of Gospels. 
u. 
26 
U. 
230 
24 
15 
10 
U. 
100 
211 
44 
U. 
The Uninflected Infinitive with Auxiliary Verbs has not been tabulated. 
In this block the first column gives the total of Personal Subject; the second, of the Impersonal Subject; —each witli the infinitive inflected. For the few instances of Beon ( Wesan ) followed by the uninflected infinitive, see Chapter VII. 
The Active Infinitive with Passive Verbs in Anglo-Saxon 
Subjective.. 
Objective. 
Predicative with Quasi-Auxiliary 
Predicative with Accusative Subject: 
(1) As Subject. 
Final . 
Other Adverbial Uses: 
(1) Of Result. 
(2) Of Specification. 
14 
10 
The Passive Infinitive with Active Verbs in Anglo-Saxon 
Subjective. 
Objective. 
Predicative with Auxiliary Verbs: 
(1) With Beon . 
(2) With WeorlSan . 
(3) With Wesan . 
Predicative with Accusative Subject: 
(1) As Object . -. 
(2) As Subject. 
Predicative with (W)uton . 
Infinitive with Adjectives. 
8 
24 
641 
40 
10 
52 
7 
3 
1 
24 
640 
23 
3 
50 
7 
3 
1 
89 
139 
8 
18 
106 
34 
29 
Synoptic Table of the Uses of. 
Synoptic Table of the Uses of. 
16 
The Passive Infinitive with Passive Verbs in Anglo-Saxon: Synoptic Table of the Uses of. 
Objective. 
Predicative with Accusative Subject: 
(1) As Subject. 
Dan. 
Az. 
Chr. 
El. 
Jul. 
Gu. 
And. 
Rid. 
Ph. 
Jud. 
P 
s. 
Met. 
Minor 
Poems. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
I. 
u. 
i. 
u. 
I. 
1 
3 
2 
1 
3 
1 
6 
6 
1 
1 
18 
1 
6 
1 
52 
40 
1 
24 
1 
43 
1 
9 
3 
10 
52 
1 
23 
1 
76 
7 
2 
1 
1 
5 
1 
2 
17 
7 
4 
2 
3 
1 
14 
4 
1 
14 
16 
2 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 
23 
1 
24 
20 
15 
13 
50 
41 
12 
18 
8 
94 
3 
1 
4 
2 
1 
2 
12 
7 
1 
4 
1 
1 
5 
1 
10 
1 
2 
3 
2 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
6 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
