# axen
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -æksən

### Noun

axen
* (UK dialectal) plural of ash
* (obsolete) plural of axe

### Anagrams

* Xena, anex

## Galician
### Verb

axen
* inflection of axar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative
* third-person plural present indicative of axir

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English ācsian, āxian, metathetic forms of āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.

#### Alternative forms

* axien, asken, askien, aschen, aishen, axe, axse, aske, asshe, asche, aski, eskien, eschen, easki, eski, ix, oxien, oxen, axie, axsy, asse, asskenn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaksən/, /ˈaskən/, /ˈaʃən/, /ˈɛ-/, /ˈi-/, /ˈɔː-/

#### Verb

axen
* (intransitive, transitive, ditransitive) To ask, enquire or question:
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 7:7-8, page 3v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:Axe ȝe .· ⁊ it ſchal be ȝouun to ȝou / ſeke ȝe .· ⁊ ȝe ſchulen fynde / knocke ȝe .· ⁊ it ſchal be opened to ȝou / foꝛ ech that axiþ .· takiþ / and he that ſekiþ .· fyndiþ / and it ſchal be openyde to hym .· that knockiþAsk, and you'll receive it; look, and you'll find; knock, and it'll be opened for you. / Because anyone who asks takes, someone that looks finds, and that'll be opened to them that knocks.
** To formulate or proffer a question or query.
** To ask for a response (to a question or query).
** To request knowledge or information.
*** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·i· 14:35, page 66v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:but if þei wolen ony þing lerne .· at hoom axe þei her hoſebondis / foꝛ it is foule þing to a womman .· to ſpeke in chircheBut if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home, because it's a revolting thing for a woman to speak in church.
** To ask for a favour or reward; to supplicate.
** To pray for something; to supplicate a divinity.
* (transitive) To look for something; to attempt to find something:
** To search for an object, place, or person.
** To search for recommendations or information.
* (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To want or require (something or someone).
* (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To command or require (someone to do something).
* (transitive) To trial or examine (something)
* (rare, transitive, intransitive) To acquire knowledge through examination.
* (rare, transitive) To endeavour to do (something).
* (rare, transitive) To aim to visit a location.
* (rare, transitive) To have a tendency towards a certain way or direction.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) axen, axe | (to) axen, axe |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | axe | axed, axte |
| 2nd-person singular | axest | axedest, axtest |
| 3rd-person singular | axeth | axed, axte |
| subjunctive singular | axe | axed, axte |
| imperative singular | axe | — |
| plural$^1$ | axen, axe | axeden, axede, axten, axte |
| imperative plural | axeth, axe | — |
| participles | axynge, axende | axed, axt |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* asker
* askynge

##### Descendants

* English: ask (dialectal ax, axe, aks)
* Scots: ask, as, ax
* Yola: ishe

##### References

* “asken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

axen
* Alternative form of asshen (“ash-coloured”)

## Swedish
### Noun

axen
* definite plural of ax