axen
Middle English
/ˈaksən/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To ask, enquire or question:
- (transitive) To look for something; to attempt to find something:
- (ambitransitive) To necessitate something; to have something as a requirement.
- (ambitransitive) To want or require something or someone.
- (ambitransitive) To command or require someone to do something.
- (transitive) To trial or examine something; to perform examination.
- (rare) To acquire knowledge through examination.
- (rare) To attempt to execute or effect something.
- (rare) To aim to go to or visit a location.
- (rare) To have a tendency for a certain way or direction.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ācsian.
Origin
Old English
ācsian
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aridity English
- asker English
- constellationally English
- ara Latin
- ardens Latin
- ardentem Latin
- ardeo Latin
- ardeō Latin
- ardor Latin
- aridus Latin
- arsio Latin
- assus Latin
- cōnstēllātiō Latin
- ārentem Latin
- āridus Latin
- arido Italian
- aridocoltura Italian
- inaridire Italian
- inaridirsi Italian
- ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
- ᾰ̓́στρον Ancient Greek
- *as-d- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eHsh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *askǭ Proto-Germanic
- axan Old English
- axe Old English
- ācsian Old English
- āscung Old English
- asker Middle English
- askynge Middle English
- arinn Old Norse
- essa Old High German
- *kaski Proto-Finnic
- *HáHsas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *āzēō Proto-Italic
- *ās- Proto-Tocharian
- *āstäre Proto-Tocharian