[ Asken], v. to ask, S, S2; eskien, MD; aschen, MD; eschen, MD; esse, MD, S2; ocsien, MD; acsien, MD, S2; axien, MD, S2; axen, S, S2, S3, C2, C3, W, W2; escade, pt. s., S; easkede, S; haxede, S; esste, S2.—AS. áscian: OHG. eiscón (Otfrid); cp. G. heischen.
[ A-slaken], v. to diminish, to become slack, C, NED. ([A- 1].)
[ A-slawe], pp. slain, S2; aslaȝe, S; aslaȝen S.—AS. á-slagen, pp. of á-sléan, see Sievers, 378. ([A- 1].)
[ A-slepe], adv. asleep, S, PP.—AS. on slǽpe. ([A- 2].)
[ A-slepid], pp. gone to sleep, W2.
[ A-sonder], adv. asunder, C, C3.—AS. on sundran. ([A- 2].)
[ A-soylen], v. to absolve, to answer (a question), PP, S2; assoile, S3, C3, P, G; asoyly, NED; asoilede, pt. s., S2; asoylede, S2; assoylid, pp., W.—OF. asoiler, assoiler; Late Lat. absoluere (= Lat. absolovere). ([A- 8].)
[ Aspaltoun], sb. asphalt, S2.—OF. *aspaltoun; from Late Lat. asphalton; Gr. ἄσφαλτον.
[ Aspect], sb. a term in astrology; the relative positions of the heavenly bodies as they appear at a given time, NED, SkD, Sh.; aspectis, pl., S3.—Lat. aspectus. ([A- 7].)