Amorwe, whan the Court is set, The yonge ladi was forth fet, To whom the lordes don homage, And after that of Mariage Thei trete and axen of hir wille.
As of thin Ere and of thin yhe I woll nomore specefie, Bot I woll axen overthis Of othre thing how that it is.
This is the comune Love to alle thinges; and alle thinges axen to ben holden by the fyn of good.
For yif ye axen the deeth, it hasteth him of his owne wil; ne deeth ne tarieth nat his swifte hors.
But, Troilus, yet tel me, if thee lest, A thing now which that I shal axen thee; 1395 Which is thy brother that thou lovest best As in thy verray hertes privetee?
For whennes comen elles alle thise foreyne compleyntes or quereles of pletinges, but for that men axen ayein here moneye that hath ben bi-nomen hem by force or by gyle, and alwey 50 maugre hem?
Her frendesaxen what her aylen mighte, And who was deed?
How sholde I axen mercy of Tisbe 835 Whan I am he that have yow slain, allas!
It is interesting to observe that Gower, like Chaucer himself at the moment, regarded this poem as the crowning effort of Chaucer's poetical career.
A Ioue nostrorum uenit generatio regum, A Ioue principium recipit descriptio regum, A Ioue philosophi dogmata prima legunt.
Its great peculiarity is that it possesses the unique copy of the early draught of the Prologue; see p.
And by thise causes we axen deliberacioun, and we shal thanne, by the grace of god, conseille thee thing that shal be profitable.
But now of wommen wolde I axen fayn, (640) If thise assayes mighte nat suffyse?
And also ther ne sholde nevere be pees ne reste amonges hem; for everich wolde axen his owene thing.
Wherfore we axen leyser and espace to have deliberacioun in this cas to deme.
Now sir, thanne shul ye committe the keping of your persone to your trewe freendes that been approved and y-knowe; /2495 and of hem shul ye axen help your persone for to kepe.
Treuly, treuly, I seie to ghou, if ghe axen the Fadir ony thing in my name he schal ghyue to ghou.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "axen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
