ascian

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ascius (“without shadow”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. + Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.

Noun

ascian (plural ascians or ascii)

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

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Conjugation of āscian (weak class 2)
infinitive āscian āscienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular āsciġe āscode
second person singular āscast āscodest
third person singular āscaþ āscode
plural āsciaþ āscodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular āsciġe āscode
plural āsciġen āscoden
imperative
singular āsca
plural āsciaþ
participle present past
āsciende (ġe)āscod

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