Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (2)
1. to ask, put a question; 2. to inquire (about), explore; to find out; 3. to look for, seek; 4. to ask for, demand, request (also ácsian, áhsian, áxian, áxsian)
Etymology
[Mod E ASK ← Prot-Germ *aiskōn, *aiskōjan; O Fris āskia “to demand”; O Sax ēskon “to ask; to explore; to look for, seek”; Dt eisen; OHG eiskōn, eiscōn “to demand, request; to look for, seek; to ask, put a question ← Indo-Europ *aisk-, *isk-; Sanskr iccháti “to desire; to search for”; Avest isaiti “to search, look for”; Lith ieškóti “to look for”; O Slav искати “to look for” (Russ искать)]
Paradigm
4.2.2. - 2nd class weak verbs
The second class of the weak verbs is marked by the presence of the Prot-Germ suffix *-ō-, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon in the form of short vowel -o- of the past tense suffix: macode (made); lufode (loved), etc.
| II class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to look (at); to see | lócian, lóciȝan | lócode |
| to love | lufian | lufode |
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