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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈɑːs.ki.ɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*aiskōn}} Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn Head templates: {{ang-verb|āscian}} āscian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|āscian<w2/ge:1>}} Forms: āscian [canonical], weak [table-tags], āscian [infinitive], āscienne [infinitive], āsciġe [first-person, present, singular], āscode [first-person, past, singular], āscast [present, second-person, singular], āscodest [past, second-person, singular], āscaþ [present, singular, third-person], āscode [past, singular, third-person], āsciaþ [plural, present], āscodon [past, plural], āsciġe [present, singular], āscode [past, singular], āsciġen [plural, present], āscoden [past, plural], āsca [imperative, past, present, singular], āsciaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], āsciende [imperative, present], āscod [imperative, past], ġeāscod [imperative, past], ācsian [alternative], āxian [alternative], acsiġan [alternative], æscian [alternative], æxian [alternative], axian [alternative], axiġan [alternative], axiġean [alternative], āhsian [alternative], ahsian [alternative]
  1. to ask (+ genitive a question) (+ accusative a person) (+ genitive about something)
    Sense id: en-ascian-ang-verb-kcAJlw8I Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Talking Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 53 30 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 37 29 Disambiguation of Talking: 32 35 33
  2. to demand
    Sense id: en-ascian-ang-verb-alQeyGZU Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Talking Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 37 29 Disambiguation of Talking: 32 35 33
  3. to learn about by asking
    Sense id: en-ascian-ang-verb-Cm3Iw6e5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Talking Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 37 29 Disambiguation of Talking: 32 35 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: friġnan Derived forms: āscung, ġeāscian

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āscung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġeāscian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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            "3": "axen",
            "4": "aschen",
            "5": "eskien",
            "6": "eschen",
            "7": "aishen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ask",
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          },
          "expansion": "English: ask, aks, ax",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ask, aks, ax"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "aksi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sranan Tongo: aksi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sranan Tongo: aksi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ask",
            "3": "as",
            "4": "ax"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: ask, as, ax",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: ask, as, ax"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aiskōn"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āscian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeāscod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ācsian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āxian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acsiġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æscian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æxian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "axian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "axiġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "axiġean",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āhsian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahsian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "āscian"
      },
      "expansion": "āscian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āscian<w2/ge:1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 30 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 35 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 37 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 35 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "ang:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "english": "But I wanted to ask you one thing first.",
          "ref": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy:",
          "text": "Ac ānes þinges iċ þē wolde ǣrest āscian.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              21
            ],
            [
              48,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              36
            ],
            [
              49,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "“My father, can I ask you something?”\nHe said, “Ask whatever you want.”",
          "ref": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History:",
          "text": "“Mīn fæder, mōt iċ þē āwihtes āscian?” Cwæþ hē, “Āsca þæs þe þū wille.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask (+ genitive a question) (+ accusative a person) (+ genitive about something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ascian-ang-verb-kcAJlw8I",
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 35 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 37 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 35 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "ang:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to demand"
      ],
      "id": "en-ascian-ang-verb-alQeyGZU",
      "links": [
        [
          "demand",
          "demand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 35 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 37 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 35 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "ang:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to learn about by asking"
      ],
      "id": "en-ascian-ang-verb-Cm3Iw6e5",
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːs.ki.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "friġnan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ascian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Talking"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āscung"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeāscian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "askien",
            "3": "axen",
            "4": "aschen",
            "5": "eskien",
            "6": "eschen",
            "7": "aishen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ask",
            "3": "aks",
            "4": "ax"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ask, aks, ax",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ask, aks, ax"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "aksi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sranan Tongo: aksi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sranan Tongo: aksi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ask",
            "3": "as",
            "4": "ax"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: ask, as, ax",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: ask, as, ax"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aiskōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āscian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āsciende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āscod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeāscod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ācsian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āxian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acsiġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æscian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æxian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "axian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "axiġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "axiġean",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āhsian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahsian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āscian"
      },
      "expansion": "āscian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āscian<w2/ge:1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "english": "But I wanted to ask you one thing first.",
          "ref": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy:",
          "text": "Ac ānes þinges iċ þē wolde ǣrest āscian.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              21
            ],
            [
              48,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              36
            ],
            [
              49,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "“My father, can I ask you something?”\nHe said, “Ask whatever you want.”",
          "ref": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History:",
          "text": "“Mīn fæder, mōt iċ þē āwihtes āscian?” Cwæþ hē, “Āsca þæs þe þū wille.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask (+ genitive a question) (+ accusative a person) (+ genitive about something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to demand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demand",
          "demand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to learn about by asking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːs.ki.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "friġnan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ascian"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (c3cc510 and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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