different between axen vs aven

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æks?n

Noun

axen

1. (Britain dialectal) plural of ash

Anagrams

• Xena, anex

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ?csian, ?xian, metathetic forms of ?scian, from Proto-West Germanic *aisk?n.

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^(key): /?aks?n/, /?ask?n/, /?a??n/, /??-/, /?i-/, /???-/

Verb

axen

2. (intransitive, transitive, ditransitive) To ask, enquire or question:
   1. To formulate or proffer a question or query.
   2. To ask for a response (to a question or query).
   3. To request knowledge or information.
   4. To ask for a favour or reward; to supplicate.
   5. To pray for something; to supplicate a divinity.
3. (transitive) To look for something; to attempt to find something:
   1. To search for a object, place, or person.
   2. To search for recommendations or information.
4. (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To want or require (something or someone).
5. (transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To command or require (someone to do something).
6. (transitive) To trial or examine (something)
7. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To acquire knowledge through examination.
8. (rare, transitive) To endeavour to do (something).
9. (rare, transitive) To aim to visit a location.
10. (rare, transitive) To have a tendency towards a certain way or direction.

Conjugation

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

1. Alternative form of asshen (“ash-coloured”)

Swedish

Noun

axen

1. definite plural of ax

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aven.

Noun

aven (plural avens)

1. A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
2. A pothole.

See also

• domepit

References

• Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim

Anagrams

• Evan, Nave, Neva, Vena, nave, neva, vane

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *a?on (“river”).

Alternative forms

• avon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ven/

Noun

aven f (plural avenioù)

1. (archaic) river

French

Etymology

From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abon? (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *ab? (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v?n/

Noun

aven m (plural avens)

1. (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)

   Synonyms: gouffre, igue

2. (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)

Further reading

• aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “aven” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English oven.

Noun

aven

1. oven