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. 1536, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Mine own John Poyntz
      And much the less of things that greater be,
      That asken help of colours of device
    • a. 1727, Alexander Pope, Imitations of English Poets: Chaucer
      They asken that, and talken this, […]

Anagrams

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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