Participles
| Present | āsciende |
| Past | (ġe)āscod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | āsciġe |
| 2nd sing. | āscast |
| 3rd sing. | āscaþ |
| 1st plur. | āsciaþ |
| 2nd plur. | āsciaþ |
| 3rd plur. | āsciaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | āscode |
| 2nd sing. | āscodest |
| 3rd sing. | āscode |
| 1st plur. | āscodon |
| 2nd plur. | āscodon |
| 3rd plur. | āscodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | āsciġe |
| 2nd sing. | āsciġe |
| 3rd sing. | āsciġe |
| 1st plur. | āsciġen |
| 2nd plur. | āsciġen |
| 3rd plur. | āsciġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | āscode |
| 2nd sing. | āscode |
| 3rd sing. | āscode |
| 1st plur. | āscoden |
| 2nd plur. | āscoden |
| 3rd plur. | āscoden |
Imperative
| Singular | āsca |
| Plural | āsciaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'ascian'
ascian,
Verbs similar to 'ascian'
ascinan,
acan,
acsian,
adlian,
agnian,
andian,
arian,
asawan,
ascacan,
ascafan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.
Sample Sentences
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Ac ānes þinges iċ þē wolde ǣrest āscian. (But I wanted to ask you one thing first.) [late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy:]
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“Mīn fæder, mōt iċ þē āwihtes āscian?” Cwæþ hē, “Āsca þæs þe þū wille.” (“My father, can I ask you something?”
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He said, “Ask whatever you want.”) [late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History:]
Cognates
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