Preestes that prechen the peple To goode, asken mede, And massepens and hire mete At the meel-tymes.
And the kyng seyde, that he ne wolde asken non other thing.
And than the prest and the sone gone to gydere before the ydole, and knelen fulle devoutly, and asken of the ydole here demande.
To asken help thee shameth in thyn herte; If thou noon aske, with nede artow so wounded, That verray nede unwrappeth al thy wounde hid!
Ye knowen wel that myne adversaries han bigonnen this debaat and brige by hir outrage; / and ye see wel that they ne requeren ne preyen me nat of pees, ne they asken nat to be reconsiled.
Your asken is but sma, Margaret, Sune grantet it sall be; For the best wine in a' my hoose Is owre little for thee.
Your asken is but sma, Margaret, Sune grantet it shall be; For the best bed in a' my hoose Is owre little for thee.
And man that worthy is of name To asken often hath gret shame.
But shortly, lest thise tales sothe were, She dorste at no wight asken it, for fere.
Fro that demaunde he so descendeth doun To asken hir, if that hir straunge thoughte 860 The Grekes gyse, and werkes that they wroughte?
I ask none of your gold, father, As little of your white monie; But all the asken that I do ask, It is the life of James Hatelie.
Another asken I ask, father; Another asken I ask of thee-- Let Fenwick and Hatelie go to the sword, And let them try their veritie.
Coles takes ill, and Surgeon Asken is called on to replace him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "asken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
