v. Obs. Forms: 1 asíʓan, 3 asye-n. Pa. t. 1 asáh, 2–3 aseh. [OE. asíʓan, f. A- pref. 1 + síʓan: see SYE v.] To sink down; to ‘set.’
1024. O. E. Chron. (Laud. MS.). He mid þam dynte niðer asáh.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 109. Þe sunne of rightwisnesse … eft aseh alse sunne to-glade.
c. 1275. in O. E. Misc., 90. Al we schullen a-syen, and seo to þe nede.
