Ascung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ascung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: acsung. ascung

Definitions

1 ascung

f. An asking, a question, an interrogation, inquiry, inquisition; interrogatio, inquisitio :-- Ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle aweaht mid ascunga the grain of this seed is always excited by inquiry, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 81; Met. 22, 41: Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 16.

Runic Inscription

ᚪᛋᚳᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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