asken

See also: äsken

English

Etymology

From Middle English asken, axen, equivalent to ask + -en.

Verb

asken

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present of ask
    • c. 1450, Prose Merlin:
      And Merlin seide, "Of that ye me asken, I shall not speke withoute Ulfyn."
    • c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Myne owne John Poyntz”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 49r:
      And much the leſſe of thinges that greater be
      that aſken helpe of colours of deviſe
    • a. 1727, Alexander Pope, Imitations of English Poets: Chaucer:
      They asken that, and talken this, []

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Danish

Noun

asken c

  1. definite singular of ask

Middle English

Verb

asken

  1. Alternative form of axen (to ask)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

asken m

  1. definite singular of ask

Alternative forms

Noun

asken m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of aske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

asken m

  1. definite singular of ask

Swedish

Noun

asken

  1. definite singular of ask

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