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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|ascius||lang=la|without shadow}}, from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|ἄσκιος||lang=grc|tr=askios|without shadow|sc=polytonic}}, from {{term|ἀ-||not|tr=a-|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} + {{term|σκιά||shadow|tr=skia|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|ascii}}

# person or thing without a [[shadow]]
# person or thing found close to the [[Equator]]

===Anagrams===
* [[Scania#English|Scania]]

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==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* [[acsian|ācsian]], [[axian|āxian]]
* [[ahsian|āhsian]]

===Etymology===
West {{etyl|gem-pro|ang}} {{term/t|gem-pro|*aiskōną}}, from {{etyl|ine-pro|ang}} {{term/t|ine-pro|*ais-}}.  Cognate with Old Frisian [[askia|āskia]], Old Saxon [[escon|ēscon]], Old High German [[eiscon|eiscōn]].  The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin [[aeruscare]], Old Armenian {{term|այց||tr=aycʿ|lang=xcl}}, Slavic ''*jīskātī'' (Old Church Slavonic [[искати]], Russian [[искать]]), Baltic ''*eiška-'' (Lithuanian [[ieškoti]]).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈɑːskiɑn/|lang=ang}}

===Verb===
{{ang-verb|head=āscian}}

# to [[demand]], seek from
# to [[ask]], to [[enquire]]
#: ''Hwæt me ahsast be þam?''  Why did you ask me about that?  (Ælfric's ''Colloquy'')
# to call for, [[summon]]; to inquire into
#: ''Ne ascige ic nu owiht bi ðam bitran deaþe minum.''  I demand nothing now for my bitter death.  (''Codex Exoniensis'')

====Conjugation====
{{ang-conj|type=weak|2|āsciġe|āscast|āscaþ|āsciaþ|āscie|āscien|āscode|āscodest|āscode|āscodon|āscode|āscoden|āsce|āsciaþ|āsciende|(ġe)āscod}}

====Descendants====
* English: [[ask]]

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