Middle English Dictionary Entry
asīen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | asīen v. |
| Etymology | OE āsīgan, āsāh |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sīen P. asēh.
1.
(a) Of the sun: to go down, set; (b) of a person: to decline, collapse.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)109 : Of þe is arisen þe sunne of rihtwisnesse þat is ure drihten christ, and he eft aseh alse sunne to-glade.
b
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Þa aseh dune se biscop of Lincolne & seide to þam kyng, 'Laferd kyng, ic swelte.'
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)10 : Hwi ne beo we duhty men and duten vre deden? Al we schullen asyen.