Middle English Dictionary Entry
aserchen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | aserchen v. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. enserchen.
1.
(a) Search, inspect, probe; (b) inquire.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.44.12 : The which, aserchinge,..fonde the coppe in the sak of Beniamyn.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)3 Kings 20.6 : I shal sende my seruauntis to thee, and thei shulen aserchen [WB(2): seke] thin hows.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)50/21 : Ȝif þou der noȝt a-serche þe wonde.
b
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Kings 11.3 : Dauid..aserchede [WB(2): enqueride], what was the womman.