axen
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æksən
Noun
axen
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ācsian, āxian, metathetic forms of āscian, from Proto-Germanic *aiskōną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.
Alternative forms
- axien, asken, askien, aschen, aishen, axe, axse, aske, asshe, asche, aski, eskien, eschen, easki, eski, ix, oxien, oxen, axie, axsy, asse, asskenn
Pronunciation
Verb
axen
- (intransitive, transitive, ditransitive) To ask, enquire or question:
- a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Matheu 7:7–8”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
- Axe ȝe, and it ſchal be ȝouun to ȝou; ſeke ȝe, and ȝe ſchulen fynde; knocke ȝe, and it ſchal be openyd to ȝou. / For ech that axith, takith; and he that ſekith, fyndith; and it schal be openyd to hym, that knockith.
- Ask, and you'll receive it; look, and you'll find; knock, and it'll be opened for you. / Because anyone who asks takes, someone that looks finds, and that'll be opened to them that knocks.
- (transitive) To look for something; to attempt to find something:
- To search or look for a physical object, place, or person.
- To search or look for recommendations, facts, or information.
- (transitive, intransitive) To necessitate something; to have something as a requirement.
- (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To want or require something or someone.
- (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To command or require someone to do something.
- (transitive) To trial or examine something; to perform examination.
- (rare, transitive, intransitive) To acquire knowledge through examination.
- (rare, transitive) To attempt to execute or effect something.
- (rare, transitive) To aim to go to or visit a location.
- (rare, transitive) To have a tendency for a certain way or direction.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of axen (weak)
infinitive | (to) axen | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | axe | axede |
2nd person singular | axest | axedest |
3rd person singular | axeþ, axeth | axede |
plural | axen | axeden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | axe | axede |
plural | axen | axeden |
imperative | present | |
singular | axe | |
plural | axeþ, axeth | |
participle | present | past |
axende, axinge | axed, yaxed |
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From asshe (from Old English æsċ, æsċas) + -en.
Adjective
axen
- Alternative form of asshen
References
- “asshen, adj.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2018.
Swedish
Noun
axen
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