Axian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Axian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: axigan, axigean; Related words: acsian, ascian. axian

Definitions

1 axian

p. ode; pp. od To ask; interrogare :-- He axode he asked, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 46, 43. Ic axige me rǽdes consulo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3 ; Som. 31, 2. Ic axige percunctor [ = percontor], 25 ; Som. 27, 6: Mt. Foxe 22, 46.

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚳᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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