Old English Dictionary Entry

Axian

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

Definitions

1 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.

Similar Words

-a
-an
-andwlatod
-anne
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Runic Inscription

ᚪᚳᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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