asken

See also: äsken

English

Etymology

From Middle English asken, equivalent to ask +‎ -en.

Verb

asken

(obsolete) plural simple present form of ask
- c. 1450, Prose Merlin
  And Merlin seide, "Of that ye me asken, I shall not speke withoute Ulfyn."
- c. 1536, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Mine own John Poyntz
  And much the less of things that greater be,
  
  That asken help of colours of device
- a. 1727, Alexander Pope, Imitations of English Poets: Chaucer
  They asken that, and talken this,

Anagrams

Kasen, Keans, Snake, akens, kaens, nakes, skean, snake, sneak

Danish

Noun

asken c

singular definite of ask

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

asken m

definite singular of ask

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

aska

Noun

asken m, f

definite masculine singular of aske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

asken m

definite singular of ask

Swedish

Noun

asken

definite singular of ask

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