ascian

From Latin ascius (“without shadow”), from Ancient Greek ἄσκιος (áskios, “without shadow”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σκιά (skiá, “shadow”)

ascian (plural ascians or ascii)

1. person or thing without a shadow
2. person or thing found close to the Equator

• Scania

From Proto-Germanic *aiskōną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːskiɑn/

āscian

1. to demand, seek from
2. to ask, to enquire

   Hīe āxodon hine hwæt hē wǣre oþþe hū hē faran wolde. They asked him who he was or how he would go. (Ælfric's In Letania Maiore)

3. to call for, summon; to inquire into

   Ne āsciġe iċ nū ōwiht bi þām bitran dēaðe mīnum. I demand nothing now for my bitter death. (Codex Exoniensis)

• ācsian
• āxian
• acsiġan
• æscian
• æxian
• axian
• axiġan
• axiġean
• āhsian
• ahsian

• biddan
• frāsian
• freġnan
• friċġan
• friġnan
• ġeornian
• ġiwian
• ġesēċan
• rǣdan
• þingian
• wilnian

• āscung

• Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen
  • English: ask, aks, ax
  • Scots: ask, as, ax