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

• Kasen, Keans, Snake, akens, kaens, nakes, skean, snake, sneak

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Danish

Noun

asken c

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of ask

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Middle English

Verb

asken

1. Alternative form of axen (“to ask”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

asken m

1. definite singular of ask

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• aska

Noun

asken m or f

1. definite masculine singular of aske

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

asken m

1. definite singular of ask

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Swedish

Noun

asken

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of ask

Anagrams

• ekans, nekas, saken, skena