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. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Myne owne John Poyntz”, in Egerton MS 2711‎^[1], page 49r:

     And much the leſſe of thinges that greater be
     that aſken helpe of colours of deviſe

   • a. 1727, Alexander Pope, Imitations of English Poets: Chaucer:

     They asken that, and talken this, […]

Anagrams

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

Danish

Noun

asken c

1. definite singular of ask

Middle English

Verb

asken

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

asken m

1. definite singular of ask

Swedish

Noun

asken

1. definite singular of ask

Anagrams

• ekans, nekas, saken, skena