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==English==
==English==
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|la}} {{term|ascius||lang=la|without shadow}}, from {{etyl|grc}} {{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}}
From {{der|en|la|ascius||without shadow}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἄσκιος||without shadow}}, from {{m|grc|ἀ-||not}} + {{m|grc|σκιά||shadow}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|pl2=ascii}}
{{en-noun|s|ascii}}


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

===Further reading===
{{R:Collins}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{alphagram|aacins}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=aacins|Scania}}
* [[Scania#English|Scania]]


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==Old English==
==Old English==


===Alternative spellings===
===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|ācsian|āxian|acsiġan|æscian|æxian|axian|axiġan|axiġean|āhsian|ahsian}}
* [[acsian|ācsian, āxian]]
* [[ahsian|āhsian]]


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*aiskōn}}.
West {{proto|Germanic|aisko-|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|ais-|lang=ang}}. Cognate with Old Frisian [[askia|āskia]], Old Saxon [[escon|ēscon]], Old High German [[eiscon|eiscōn]]. The IE root is also the source of Latin [[aeruscare]], Armenian [[aich]], Slavic ''*jīskātī'' (Old Church Slavonic [[искати]], Russian [[искать]]), Baltic ''*eiška-'' (Lithuanian [[ieškoti]]).


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈɑːskiɑn/|lang=ang}}
* {{ang-IPA|ā+scian}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{Latinx|'''āscian'''}}
{{ang-verb|āscian}}


# to [[ask]] ''(+ genitive a question)'' ''(+ accusative a person)'' ''(+ genitive about something)''
# to [[demand]], seek from
#* {{quote-book|ang|year=late 9th century|title=[[w:Alfred the Great|King Alfred's]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=8sy8OOmW-ZAC&pg=PA82 translation] of [[w:Boethius|Boethius']] {{w|The Consolation of Philosophy}}|text=Ac ānes þinges iċ þē wolde ǣrest '''āscian'''.|translation=But I wanted to '''ask''' you one thing first.}}
# to [[ask]], to [[enquire]]
#* {{quote-book|ang|year=late 9th century|title=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YD9HAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA266 translation] of [[w:Bede|Bede's]] [[w:Ecclesiastical History of the English People|Ecclesiastical History]]|text=“Mīn fæder, [[motan|mōt]] iċ þē [[awiht|āwihtes]] '''āscian'''?” [[cwæþ|Cwæþ]] hē, “'''Āsca''' [[þæs]] þe þū wille.”|translation=“My father, can I '''ask''' you something?”<br>He said, “'''Ask''' whatever you want.”}}
#: ''Hwæt me ahsast be þam?'' Why did you ask me about that? (Ælfric's ''Colloquy'')
# to call for, [[summon]]; to inquire into
# to [[demand]]
# to [[learn]] about by asking
#: ''Ne ascige ic nu owiht bi ðam bitran deaþe minum.'' I demand nothing now for my bitter death. (''Codex Exoniensis'')

====Usage notes====
* The word meaning to ask ''for'' something is {{m|ang|biddan}}.


====Conjugation====
====Conjugation====
{{ang-conj|āscian<w2/ge:1>}}
{{ang-conj|type=weak|2|āsciġe|āscast|āscaþ|āsciaþ|āscie|āscien|āscode|āscodest|āscode|āscodon|āscode|āscoden|āsce|āsciaþ|āsciende|āscod}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|ang|friġnan}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ang|āscung}}
* {{l|ang|ġeāscian}}


====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|askien|axen|aschen|eskien|eschen|aishen}}
* English: [[ask]]
** {{desc|en|ask|aks|ax}}
*** {{desc|srn|aksi}}
** {{desc|sco|ask|as|ax}}


{{topics|ang|Talking}}
[[fr:ascian]]

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ascius (“without shadow”), from Ancient Greek ἄσκιος (áskios, “without shadow”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σκιά (skiá, “shadow”).

Noun

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ascian (plural ascians or ascii)

  1. person or thing without a shadow
  2. person or thing found close to the Equator

Further reading

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“ascian”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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āscian

  1. to ask (+ genitive a question) (+ accusative a person) (+ genitive about something)
  2. to demand
  3. to learn about by asking

Usage notes

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  • The word meaning to ask for something is biddan.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of āscian (weak class 2)
infinitive āscian āscienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular āsciġe āscode
second person singular āscast āscodest
third person singular āscaþ āscode
plural āsciaþ āscodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular āsciġe āscode
plural āsciġen āscoden
imperative
singular āsca
plural āsciaþ
participle present past
āsciende (ġe)āscod

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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