asken

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English asken, axen, equivalent to ask +‎ -en. === Verb === asken (obsolete) plural simple present of ask === Anagrams === kaens, akens, nakes, skean, Keans, snake, sneak, Kasen, kenas, Snake, Skåne == Danish == === Noun === asken c definite singular of ask == Middle English == === Alternative forms === aske, aski, axen, axe axien, eski, eskien, oxien (Early Middle English); easki, easkin (AB language); asskenn (Ormulum) asshe, asche, axse, axsy, axie, ix (Late Middle English) acsy, oxi (Kent); esche, esse (Gloucestershire) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English āscian, ācsian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaskən/ (general), /ˈaksən/ (not Northern or North Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈaʃ-/ (uncommon, especially West Midland), /ˈɛʃ-/ (mostly Gloucestershire) IPA(key): /ˈɔksiən/ (early Southern), /ˈɔksiː/ (Kent) === Verb === asken (third-person singular simple present asketh, present participle askende, askynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle asked) (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To ask (someone or something): To ask about; to ask for information. [with direct object or of or by] To ask for; to request (especially in prayer) To command, demand, or require. (transitive, ditransitive) To look or search for; to attempt to obtain. (transitive) To investigate or examine (something). (rare, transitive) To aim to visit a location. (rare, transitive) To extend towards. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== asker askynge ==== Descendants ==== English: ask (dialectal ax, axe, aks) Middle Scots: ask, as Scots: ask, as, ax Yola: ishe ==== References ==== “asken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. Laing, Margaret (2008), LAEME: A Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English‎[4], version 4.0, Edinburgh: Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics; revised 2024. McIntosh, Angus; Samuels, M[ichael] L.; Benskin, Michael (2013) [1986], Michael Benskin, Margaret Laing, editors, eLALME: A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English‎[5], Edinburgh: Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics; revised November 2024. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== asken m definite singular of ask === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== aska ==== Noun ==== asken m or f definite masculine singular of aske == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === asken m definite singular of ask == Swedish == === Noun === asken definite singular of ask === Anagrams === ekans, nekas, saken, skena