Middle English Dictionary Entry
infī̆nī̆tī̆f adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | infī̆nī̆tī̆f adj. Also jnfinitif, infenitif(e |
| Etymology | OF infinitif & L infīnītīvus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Infinitive.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)110 : How many moodes buther? V. Wheche v? Indicatyf..and infinityf.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)111 : How knowest the infinityf mode? Whenne ther comyth two verbes to gedre wythoute and & coniunccion..the lattor verbe schall be jnfinityf mode.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1023-4 : How many modys be þer? V. Qwech v? Indicatyf, inperatyf..& infenityf..þis lytel wurd to beforn a verbe is syne of infenityf mood, as to loue, to rede.
- ?a1500 My lefe (Sln 1210)14 : The infenytyfe mode alle thorowth, Wyt his suppyns es mykylle wroth.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1414 Lin-C.Informacio (Lin-C 88)105/18 : Euermore my first verbe is my principal verbe but if hit come next a relatif, vt 'Magister qui sedet legit', other ellis be like an infinitif mode, vt 'Amare magistrum est naturale'.
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- a1475 Peniarth Informacio(1) (Pen 356B)93/27 : Euermore the fyrsteys my prymcypall uerbe, but yff hyt come next to a relatyue or ellys be lyke to an infentyue mode.
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- a1500 Add.37075 Accedence (Add 37075)47/137 : For 'to' byfore a verbe is signe of the infenityff mode; and when ij uerbys come togedyr wtowt a relatyff or a coniunccion þe latter shall be þe infenytiff mode.
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