A-senchen, v. to cause to sink, S; a-*seynt, pp., MD. (A- I.)

Asent, sb. assent, S2, PP; assent, C3, PP.—­OF. as(s)ent. (A- 7.)

Aseth, sb. satisfaction, PP, HD; aseeth, W; asethe, Cath., HD; assyth, JD; assetz, PP; asseth, NED, HD.—­OF. aset, asset; from Late Lat. ad satis.  For the final _-t_ in OF. = A3/4 in English, cp.  OF. feit with ME. feiA3/4, faith.  Hence our assets. (A- 7.)

A-setnesse, sb. appointed order, S.—­AS. Ai-setnis, institute (Schmid).

A-setten, v. to set up, appoint, NED.—­AS. Ai-settan. (A- I.)

Asise, sb. decree, edict, judgment, S2; assise, C, G; assises, pl. assizes, PP.—­OF. as(s)ise, a sitting down, settlement of imposts, from as(s)is, pp. of as(s)eeir, to sit at, to settle; Lat. assidere. (A- 7.)

Asisour, sb. juror, PP; acisoure, PP; sisour, PP; sysour, PP.

Ask-; see Asc-.

Ask, sb. a newt or eft, a lizard, NED, HD, JD; aske, NED; asker, HD, JD, DG; askis, pl., NED; arskes, S2.—­AS. AiA deg.exe:  OS. egithassa; cp.  OHG. egidehsa (G. eidechse).

Aske, sb. ash, H; askes, pl., S2, P; askis, H; see Asche.

Aske-baA deg.ie, sb. one who sits among the ashes, S; askebathe, NED.

Aske-fise, sb. one who blows the ashes, Prompt.; askfist, NED. Cp.  Sw. askefis and G. aschenfister (Grimm).

Asken, v. to ask, S, S2; eskien, MD; aschen, MD; eschen, MD; esse, MD, S2; ocsien, MD; acsien, MD, S2; axien, MD, S2; axen, S, S2, S3, C2, C3, W, W2; escade, pt. s., S; easkede, S; haxde, S; esste, S2.—­AS. Aiscian:  OHG. eiscA cubedn (Otfrid); cp.  G. heischen.

A-slaken, v. to diminish, to become slack, C, NED. (A-I.)

A-slawe, pp. slain, S2; asla3*e, S; asla3*en S.—­AS. Ai-slagen, pp. of Ai-slA(C)an, see Sievers, 378. (A-I.)

A-slepe, adv. asleep, S, PP.—­AS. on slA|*pe. (A-2)

A-slepid, pp. gone to sleep, W2.

A-sonder, adv. asunder, C, C3.—­AS. on sundran. (A-2.)

A-soylen, v. to absolve, to answer (a question), PP, S2; assoile, S3, C3, P, G; asoyly, NED; asoilede, pt. s., S2; asoylede, S2; assoylid, pp., W.—­OF. asoiler, assoiler; Late Lat. absoluere (= Lat. absolovere). (A- 8.)