Middle English Dictionary Entry
aske n.
Entry Info
Forms | aske n. Also arske, ascre. |
Etymology | OE āþexe; cp. MnE dial. ask & asker newt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Lizard, newt.
Associated quotations
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Knt.PW (Phys-E)141 : Snakes and nederes..And arskes [Vrn: askes], and other wormes felle.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4198 : Bathe eddirs & ascres.