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ge-ascian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-ascian, -acsian, -ahsian, -axian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [acsian to ask]
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To find out by asking, learn, hear; fando accĭpĕre, discĕre, audīre
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  • Geascode he ðone cyning on Meran túne

    he learnt [that] the king [was] at Merton,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 48, 28.

  • Ðá geascade se cyng ðæt ðæt hie út on hergaþ fóron

    then the king heard that they were gone out to ravage,

    • 911
      • ;
    • Erl. 100, 24.

  • We geascodon ðæt úre geferan sume to eów cómon

    we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you,

    • L. Alf. 49
      • ;
    • Th. i. 56, 14 : Exon. l00 a
      • ;
    • Th. 378, 24
      • ;
    • Deór. 20.

  • Habbaþ we geascad ðæt se Ælmihtiga worhte wer and wíf

    we have heard that the Almighty created man and woman,

    • 61 b
      • ;
    • Th. 225, 22
      • ;
    • Ph. 393.
Linked entries
v.  ge-acsian ge-ahsian ge-axian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-ascian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13538.

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