Obs. Forms: 1 æsce, 3 axe, (?) as. [OE. ǽsce, f. áscian (see prec.); cf. ODu. esch. As is prob. = ash or ask: see the vb.] Asking, inquiry; thing asked, request.
a. 1000. Laws of Athelstan, § 5 (Thorpe I. 230). Hæfdon ealle ða ǽscean.
c. 1205. Lay., 1053. Eouer axe ich eou leue.
a. 1230. Juliana, 16. He failed of his as.
