See ascian on Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "āscung"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ġeāscian"
}
],
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{
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{
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"2": "askien",
"3": "axen",
"4": "aschen",
"5": "eskien",
"6": "eschen",
"7": "aishen"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen"
},
{
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ask",
"3": "aks",
"4": "ax"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: ask, aks, ax"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "aksi"
},
"expansion": "Sranan Tongo: aksi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sranan Tongo: aksi"
},
{
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{
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"2": "ask",
"3": "as",
"4": "ax"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: ask, as, ax"
}
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*aiskōn"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"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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"1": "āscian"
},
"expansion": "āscian",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "āscian<w2/ge:1>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "64 23 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 36 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 32 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 24 20",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Talking",
"orig": "ang:Talking",
"parents": [
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"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": "42 36 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to demand"
],
"id": "en-ascian-ang-verb-alQeyGZU",
"links": [
[
"demand",
"demand"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 36 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"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"
}
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"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"
],
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{
"word": "āscung"
},
{
"word": "ġeāscian"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"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"
},
{
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{
"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,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ask",
"3": "as",
"4": "ax"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: ask, as, ax"
}
],
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*aiskōn"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.",
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"form": "āscian",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"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"
}
],
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{
"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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