Old English Dictionary Entry

Acsian

Part of speech: acsigan; Related words: ascian. acsian

Definitions

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1 acsian

p. ode; pp. od To ask, ask for, demand; rogare, expostulate, exigere :-- Mót ic acsian, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 26. Cómon corþrum miclum cuman acsian they came in great multitudes to demand the strangers, Cd. 112; Th. 148, 8; Gen. 2453: Lk. Bos. 20, 40. Híg hine acsodon ðæt bigspell they asked him the parable, Mk. Th. 4, 10. Hú mæg ǽnig man acsigan how can any man inquire? Bt. 35. l; Fox 156, 6.

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Runic Inscription

ᚪᚳᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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