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áscian

  • verb [ weak ]
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§133; §312; §536;
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  • Mon sceal sprecan ásciende,

      Past. 185, 9.
with acc. of person addressed,
to question, interrogate
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  • His rihta dóm áhsað (

    interrogat

    ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse,
      Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6.
  • Hié sculon God áscian,

      Past. 103, 8.
to ask a person (dat. acc. ) a question
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  • Ic ácsige þé hwí latast þú swá lange,

      Dóm. L. 65.
  • Hé ácsode hiom hwæs tácen ꝥ bión mihte,

      H. R. 5, 13.
to ask, enquire about,
with gen.
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  • Ic secge hwæs ic áscian wylle

    aperiam propositionem meam,

      Ps. Th. 48, 4.
  • Gif þeós cwén þises áxian wylle,

      H. R. 9, 7.
  • Ꝥ ic móte ánes þinges áxian,

      Hml. S. 23, 721, 723.
  • (1 a) and with acc. of person asked

    Ic áhsige eów ánre sprǽce,

      Mt. 21, 24.
  • God ácsað eów þises,

      Wlfst. 49, 5.
  • Hú hé ondwyrdan sceolde þæs hé hiene áscade

    quid sibi tamquam consulenti responderi velit,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 30.
  • Hé sumra wyrta (worda, v. l.) ácsode þone wyrtweard

    hortulanum quaedam requireret,

      Gr. D. 180, 30.
  • Ácsa hine his wísena,

      Ll. Th. ii. 260, 21.
  • Ne áxa nánne wiccan rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat, Deut. 18, 11. 'Mót ic þé áhtes ácsian?' Cwæð hé :-- 'Ácsa þæs þe þú wille'

    'licet aliquid interrogare.' 'Interroga,' inquit, 'quod vis,'

      Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 358, 1.
  • Se scrift sceal áhsian gehwylces þinges þone þe tó him his þearfe sprycð,

      Ll. Th. ii. 428, 17. (1 b) and with dat. of person :--
    Þæs ic hiom áxian wille, H. R. 7, 25. (1 c) and with person governed by prep. :-- Áhsa þæs æt þám wífe, Lch. ii. 330, 25.
with prep.
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  • Áhsiað be ealdum dagum,

      Deut. 4, 32.
  • Suelce hé be óðrum menn sprece and áscie (áscige,

    v. l.

    ),
      Past. 185, 10. (2 a) and with acc. of person asked :-- Tó
    hwí áxige gé mé be ðám Hǽlende ðus?, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 7.
to ask, demand to be told
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  • Ic áxige þone intingan,

      Hml. S. 10, 135.
  • Iówan ðæt him mon tó áscað,

      Past. 173, 2.
to ask after, enquire for, search for
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  • Syþþan wé hit ǽscað,

      Ll. Th. i. 234, 16.
  • Mann ús ofer eall sóhte and ús man georne gehwár áxode,

      Hml. S. 23, 451.
  • Hé sende tó þám brýdguman and hí áxode þǽr, ac heó þǽr næs,

      33, 182.
  • Hé befrán for hwylcum intingan hí hine áxodon,

      10, 117.
  • Wé ealle hine áxodan,

      Ll. Th. i. 234, 12.
  • Hió ongan swíðe giornlíce áxian þá næglas,

      H. R. 15, 20.
  • Mín hláford ásende mé tó þysum earde tó áxienne wyrhtan,

      Hml. S. 36, 35.
to learn, find out by enquiry
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  • Hí sóna, þá hí þǽr þohe hálgan wer ácsodon, þóhton þæt hí woldon þǽr þone man gebringan,

      Guth. 58, 15.
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v. be-, ge-, of-áscian.
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v.  áhsian.
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