Old English · noun

æsce

Normalised ǣsċe

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈæːʃ.ʃe/
Syllables: ˈæːʃ · ʃe (2 syllables)
Modern English: examination combustion inquisition interrogation residue ash ask inquiry

æsce1 · noun · feminine

Senses

examination, interrogation, inquisition; inquiry, question
A search for something stolen

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of æsce
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ǣsċe	ǣsċan
Accusative	ǣsċan	ǣsċan
Genitive	ǣsċan	ǣsċena
Dative	ǣsċan	ǣsċum

æsce2 · noun · feminine

Senses

ash (combustion residue)

Ġē syndon dust and acsan and ysela.

Ye are dust and ash and cinder.
c. 730–740, Felix, Life of St. Guthlac, 5:

Declension · weak

Declension of æsce
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	æsċe	ascan
Accusative	ascan	ascan
Genitive	ascan	ascena
Dative	ascan	ascum

æsce3 · noun · inflected form

Senses

dative singular of æsċ
Inflected form of æsċ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiskijā.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.? Proto-Germanic *askǭ Proto-West Germanic *askā Old English æsce From Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ. Cognate with Old Frisian *eske, Old Saxon aska, Old High German asca, Old Norse aska, Gothic (azgō).

Descendants

ask, ash

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