Be-áscian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-áscian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-áscian

p. ode To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen.), the question given in a clause:--Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20. [O. Frs. bi-áskia.] Cf. be-frignan. be-ascian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚪᛋᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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