different between axmen vs axen

English

Noun

axmen

1. plural of axman

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