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 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō).

• asċe, axe, acse, ahse, axse, æxe

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃ.ʃe/

æsċe f

1. ash (combustion residue)
   • c. 730–740, Felix, Life of St. Guthlac, 5:

     Ġē syndon dust and acsan and ysela.

     Ye are dust and ash and cinder.

• The declension table shows the inherited forms of æsċe, with palatalization before a front vowel and a-restoration before a back vowel. This distinction was often leveled in both directions, producing alternative forms such as asċe and æscan.

Weak:

• Middle English: asshe, axe, aske, ash, assche, aysshe, asche, aisshe, asske, acxe, ass, esche, esk, eshe
  • English: ash
  • Scots: ess, asch, ais, as, askis
  • Yola: ashen, oaskean (plural)

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃ.ʃe/

æsċe m

1. dative singular of æsċ

From Proto-West Germanic *aiskijā.

• ǣxe

• IPA^(key): /ˈæːʃ.ʃe/

ǣsċe f

1. examination, interrogation, inquisition; inquiry, question
2. (law) A search for something stolen

Weak n-stem:

• ġeǣsċe

• āscian
• unġeǣsċe

• Middle English: axe
  • English: ask