Middle English Dictionary Entry
asenchen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | asenchen v. P. aseinte, asencte, azenkte, asenchte. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE ge)sencan, -sencte. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To sink (a ship); drown (a person); (b) submerge, flood (land); (c) plunge (sth.) down.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25697 : Ure scipen he aseingde [Otho: adreind], þat folc he al adrente [Otho: aseint].
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)29/294 : Þu..asenchtest hare uan.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)243/100 : Louerd Nicholas, help us nouþe are ore schip beo a-seint.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8606 : Þe tuelfte ȝer, temese moni toun aseincte [vrr. asentte, aseyntte], Vor so heye þat flod aros.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10042 : Þat water suþþe heye aros & muche is lond asencte, & mo þan ten þousend men wonderliche adrencte.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)49 : He..azenkte vif cites in-to helle.