axen

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æksən

Noun

axen

1. (UK dialectal) plural of ash

Anagrams

• Xena

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaksən/, /ˈaskən/, /ˈaʃən/, /ˈɛ-/, /ˈi-/, /ˈɔː-/

Verb

axen

2. (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.

   1. To formulate, make, or proffer a question or query.
   2. To ask for or request a response to a question or query.
   3. To ask for or request knowledge, facts, or information.
   4. To ask for a boon, favour, or reward; to supplicate.
   5. To ask for something in prayer; to supplicate a divinity.
3. (transitive) To look for something; to attempt to find something:
   1. To search or look for a physical object, place, or person.
   2. To search or look for recommendations, facts, or information.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To necessitate something; to have something as a requirement.
5. (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To want or require something or someone.
6. (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To command or require someone to do something.
7. (transitive) To trial or examine something; to perform examination.
8. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To acquire knowledge through examination.
9. (rare, transitive) To attempt to execute or effect something.
10. (rare, transitive) To aim to go to or visit a location.
11. (rare, transitive) To have a tendency for a certain way or direction.

Conjugation

Conjugation of axen (weak)

infinitive	(to) axen
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

• asker
• askynge

Descendants

• English: ask (dialectal ax, axe, aks)
• Scots: ask, as, ax

Etymology 2

From asshe (from Old English æsċ, æsċas) +‎ -en.

Adjective

axen

1. Alternative form of asshen

References

• “asshen, adj.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2018.

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Swedish

Noun

axen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of ax