askern.¹

Brit.

/ˈɑːskə/,

/ˈaskə/, U.S.

/ˈæskər/

Forms: see ask v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < ask v. + -er suffix¹.

1. A person who asks for an answer or information; a questioner, an enquirer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > an enquirer, questioner

asker?c1225

questioner?a1425

querorc1450

speererc1480

inquirer?c1570

querist1633

querier1672

inquirist1748

queryist1863

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 11 On þisse wise ondswereð to þe askeres Of oure ordre.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xiv. 10 Bi the wickidnesse of the axere [L. interrogantis], so the wickidnesse of the profete schal be.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria ii. f. 22 The answers,..were euer darke and deceyued the axer.

1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. xxi. f. 142 To askers how I fare..she sayes I sleepe.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 58 The trope of indignation, fittest account for such askers.

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 376 Curious Beholders, and Askers of impertinent Questions.

1777 S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleasure (ed. 2) I. lviii. 228 The lively Delia—..ready, rapid, an asker of whys and wherefores.

1834 J. Blackie tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust iv. v. 154 Their answer seems like mockery to fall Upon the asker's ear.

1872 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 10 p. xxxv The distinction..in Hellenistic Greek does not depend on the relative dignity of the asker and the person asked.

1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. viii. 183 The sages had degenerated..into hired rhetoricians or askers of riddles.

1948 C. Baker Shelley's Major Poetry 268 The fragmentary state of The Triumph leaves uncertain the identity of the asker of the final question, ‘What is life?’

2003 Independent 7 July (Review section) 2/1 The inquisitor's throne seems a natural seat for the man generally reckoned to be the nation's numero uno asker of awkward questions.

†2. (a) A prosecutor; a plaintiff; (b) an exactor, an oppressor. Cf. ask v. 16, asking n. 5, 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who

wringera1300

askera1325

extortionerc1375

exactor1382

scaffer?a1513

shaver1534

caterpillar1541

bloodsucker?1555

suck-purse1586

griper1587

extortor1590

exacter1596

extorter1605

barathrum1609

wreather1648

shark1713

vampire1741

bleeder1846

flayer1865

extortionist1885

Shylock1894

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff

cravera1300

actora1325

askera1325

plaintiffa1325

plainer1340

challengera1382

pursuanta1393

follower1397

suer1423

pursuer1430

plainant1437

suitor1454

suit maker1469

complainant1495

plainandc1500

callerc1503

tabler1517

complaintiffc1533

complainer?1542

impleader1583

pledant1599

proceedera1618

querent1720

pulsator1730

demandeur1818

movant1875

rapper1904

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) v. 20 Ant for þat te askeres beoz ofte delaide of hoere riȝt þoru þat þer beoz mani parceners holdinde o tenement.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job iii. 18 Thei herden not the vois of the askere [1611 King James oppressour; L. exactoris].

a1400 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 361 And þat commune law hym be y-entred, þe axere and þe defendaunt.

a1400 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 362 Of plee of dette..ȝif þ^t þe axkere bryngeþ skore oþer wryt.

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 25^v Exactor, wrongful asker.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 14 An Asker wrangwysly, exactor.

3. A person who asks to be given something, as a favour, gift, permission, etc.; a suppliant; spec. (now archaic) a person who asks for alms, a beggar.voice-asker: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun]

askera1382

requirantc1450

requirerc1450

requester1564

requestant1660

postulator1714

applicant?1742

submitter1776

DNR1988

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar

beggara1250

bidder1362

mendinantc1395

mendivaunt1395

craver1406

thigger1424

gangrela1450

mendicant1474

mendiant1483

eremite1495

Lazarus?a1513

truandals1523

bellyterc1540

clapperdudgeon1567

beggar-man1608

maunder1609

maunderer1611

Abraham cove1612

eleemosynary1643

mumpera1652

jockey1685

progger1685

asker1708

thigster1710

prog1828

shooler1830

cadger1851

panhandler1893

Weary Willie1896

schlepper1901

plinger1904

peg-legger1915

tapper1930

clochard1940

a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. l. 180 To þe asker: me ȝeuiþ, to þe knocker: me opinþ.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6674 Many a man That yeveth his good for..he Wolde of the asker delyuered be.

c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium (1909) 35 (MED) Þer may no grace be denyed to þe asker [c1450 Cambr. axer].

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 54 (MED) The goodnesse..of women..is so wel knowen..that desyre to a good asker by no waye conne they warne.

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 91 So many presumptuouse monie askers.

1596 T. Lodge Diuel Coniured sig. Gii The sinne..is in the asker, net in the giuer.

a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 145 Love an asker better then a giver.

1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigrams ii. 38 That which was promis'd Askers heretofore Is given now to Givers.

1708 O. Blackall Rules & Meas. Alms-giving 7 The proper Treatment of such Askers or Beggars as these, is, First to find them Work..and then to force them to work.

?1796 Odd Fellow's Song Bk. 40 In justice to both, 'tis a fair throw at dice, If the askers or givers, are best,—at dice.

1819 T. Chalmers Serm. preached in Tron Church, Glasgow i. 52 Just as when in pursuit of some earthly benefit, you think yourself surer of your object the more you multiply the number of askers and the number of applications [etc.].

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxv. 189 Each asking of leave is an admission that..the asker had no right.

1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iii. 60 They beg with a good grace, and not with a curse or an insult like the European ‘asker’ when refused.

1917 Irish Monthly May 279 These two complaints, the numerousness of the professional ‘askers’ and the overlapping of charitable works, are very frequently made.

1932 Washington Post 26 June S10/1 (heading) 1,200 bonus askers start from coast.

1975 N.Y. Jewish Week 29 Mar. 24 (heading) Activists allege askers of visas are terrorized.

2002 P. B. Miskimin One King, One Law, Three Faiths i. 9 No asker of permission, he entered Metz by right.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

askern.²

Brit.

/ˈɑːskə/,

/ˈaskə/, U.S.

/ˈæskər/, Welsh English

/ˈaskə/

Forms:

α. late Middle English ascres (northern, plural); English regional (chiefly west midlands and northern) 1600s ascar, 1600s– asker, 1800s askar, 1800s askern.

β. English regional (northern) 1800s askerd, 1800s– askard, 1900s– askert.

γ. English regional (south-west midlands) 1800s ascal, 1800s asgal, 1800s asgill, 1800s nazgall, 1900s– askal, 1800s– askel; Welsh English 1900s– askgel.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask n.², an element of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Apparently < ask n.² + a suffix of uncertain origin.The β. forms apparently show an excrescent final dental. The γ. forms in -l apparently show development from the α. forms with alternation of liquids. The form nazgall at γ. forms shows metanalysis (see N n.).

English regional (chiefly west midlands and northern) and Welsh English in later use.

A newt. Cf. ask n.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > newt

askeOE

newta1425

askerc1450

swift1530

eft1584

water-ask1772

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4198 (MED) Bathe eddirs & ascres.

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 2 Asker; a Newt, or Eft.

1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft xii. 242 Strange vomitings up of Frogs, lizards, askers and the like..attributed to witchcraft.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 252 It differs in colour from all the Newts or Ascars that ever I saw.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 178 A Newt or an Asker, or some such detested reptile.

1845 J. Bigland Nat. Hist. 133 There are several species of lizards in Great Britain; that which is the most common is the eft, in some provinces called the newt, and in others the askar.

1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words 2 Thaay thinks as asgills canna do no 'arm!

1901 Notes & Queries 23 Mar. 222/2 The askard did come out, and tried to run away; but the mother and daughter pursued it.

1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. ii. 434 What do you call that small four-legged, long-tailed creature, blackish on top; it darts about in ponds?.. [Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire] Asker, [Northumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire] Askert.

1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 46 Askal, Askel, Asker, newt.

2011 www.cheshireactivenaturalists.org.uk (OED Archive) 28 Mar. A haul of around 45 newts were taken; both asker and daddy askers were taken.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	asker
释义	askern.¹ Brit. /ˈɑːskə/, /ˈaskə/, U.S. /ˈæskər/ Forms: see ask v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < ask v. + -er suffix¹. 1. A person who asks for an answer or information; a questioner, an enquirer. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > an enquirer, questioner asker?c1225 questioner?a1425 querorc1450 speererc1480 inquirer?c1570 querist1633 querier1672 inquirist1748 queryist1863 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 11 On þisse wise ondswereð to þe askeres Of oure ordre. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xiv. 10 Bi the wickidnesse of the axere [L. interrogantis], so the wickidnesse of the profete schal be. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria ii. f. 22 The answers,..were euer darke and deceyued the axer. 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. xxi. f. 142 To askers how I fare..she sayes I sleepe. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 58 The trope of indignation, fittest account for such askers. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 376 Curious Beholders, and Askers of impertinent Questions. 1777 S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleasure (ed. 2) I. lviii. 228 The lively Delia—..ready, rapid, an asker of whys and wherefores. 1834 J. Blackie tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust iv. v. 154 Their answer seems like mockery to fall Upon the asker's ear. 1872 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 10 p. xxxv The distinction..in Hellenistic Greek does not depend on the relative dignity of the asker and the person asked. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. viii. 183 The sages had degenerated..into hired rhetoricians or askers of riddles. 1948 C. Baker Shelley's Major Poetry 268 The fragmentary state of The Triumph leaves uncertain the identity of the asker of the final question, ‘What is life?’ 2003 Independent 7 July (Review section) 2/1 The inquisitor's throne seems a natural seat for the man generally reckoned to be the nation's numero uno asker of awkward questions. †2. (a) A prosecutor; a plaintiff; (b) an exactor, an oppressor. Cf. ask v. 16, asking n. 5, 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who wringera1300 askera1325 extortionerc1375 exactor1382 scaffer?a1513 shaver1534 caterpillar1541 bloodsucker?1555 suck-purse1586 griper1587 extortor1590 exacter1596 extorter1605 barathrum1609 wreather1648 shark1713 vampire1741 bleeder1846 flayer1865 extortionist1885 Shylock1894 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff cravera1300 actora1325 askera1325 plaintiffa1325 plainer1340 challengera1382 pursuanta1393 follower1397 suer1423 pursuer1430 plainant1437 suitor1454 suit maker1469 complainant1495 plainandc1500 callerc1503 tabler1517 complaintiffc1533 complainer?1542 impleader1583 pledant1599 proceedera1618 querent1720 pulsator1730 demandeur1818 movant1875 rapper1904 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) v. 20 Ant for þat te askeres beoz ofte delaide of hoere riȝt þoru þat þer beoz mani parceners holdinde o tenement. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job iii. 18 Thei herden not the vois of the askere [1611 King James oppressour; L. exactoris]. a1400 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 361 And þat commune law hym be y-entred, þe axere and þe defendaunt. a1400 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 362 Of plee of dette..ȝif þ^t þe axkere bryngeþ skore oþer wryt. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 25^v Exactor, wrongful asker. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 14 An Asker wrangwysly, exactor. 3. A person who asks to be given something, as a favour, gift, permission, etc.; a suppliant; spec. (now archaic) a person who asks for alms, a beggar.voice-asker: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] askera1382 requirantc1450 requirerc1450 requester1564 requestant1660 postulator1714 applicant?1742 submitter1776 DNR1988 the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar beggara1250 bidder1362 mendinantc1395 mendivaunt1395 craver1406 thigger1424 gangrela1450 mendicant1474 mendiant1483 eremite1495 Lazarus?a1513 truandals1523 bellyterc1540 clapperdudgeon1567 beggar-man1608 maunder1609 maunderer1611 Abraham cove1612 eleemosynary1643 mumpera1652 jockey1685 progger1685 asker1708 thigster1710 prog1828 shooler1830 cadger1851 panhandler1893 Weary Willie1896 schlepper1901 plinger1904 peg-legger1915 tapper1930 clochard1940 a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. l. 180 To þe asker: me ȝeuiþ, to þe knocker: me opinþ. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6674 Many a man That yeveth his good for..he Wolde of the asker delyuered be. c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium (1909) 35 (MED) Þer may no grace be denyed to þe asker [c1450 Cambr. axer]. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 54 (MED) The goodnesse..of women..is so wel knowen..that desyre to a good asker by no waye conne they warne. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 91 So many presumptuouse monie askers. 1596 T. Lodge Diuel Coniured sig. Gii The sinne..is in the asker, net in the giuer. a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 145 Love an asker better then a giver. 1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigrams ii. 38 That which was promis'd Askers heretofore Is given now to Givers. 1708 O. Blackall Rules & Meas. Alms-giving 7 The proper Treatment of such Askers or Beggars as these, is, First to find them Work..and then to force them to work. ?1796 Odd Fellow's Song Bk. 40 In justice to both, 'tis a fair throw at dice, If the askers or givers, are best,—at dice. 1819 T. Chalmers Serm. preached in Tron Church, Glasgow i. 52 Just as when in pursuit of some earthly benefit, you think yourself surer of your object the more you multiply the number of askers and the number of applications [etc.]. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxv. 189 Each asking of leave is an admission that..the asker had no right. 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iii. 60 They beg with a good grace, and not with a curse or an insult like the European ‘asker’ when refused. 1917 Irish Monthly May 279 These two complaints, the numerousness of the professional ‘askers’ and the overlapping of charitable works, are very frequently made. 1932 Washington Post 26 June S10/1 (heading) 1,200 bonus askers start from coast. 1975 N.Y. Jewish Week 29 Mar. 24 (heading) Activists allege askers of visas are terrorized. 2002 P. B. Miskimin One King, One Law, Three Faiths i. 9 No asker of permission, he entered Metz by right. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). askern.² Brit. /ˈɑːskə/, /ˈaskə/, U.S. /ˈæskər/, Welsh English /ˈaskə/ Forms: α. late Middle English ascres (northern, plural); English regional (chiefly west midlands and northern) 1600s ascar, 1600s– asker, 1800s askar, 1800s askern. β. English regional (northern) 1800s askerd, 1800s– askard, 1900s– askert. γ. English regional (south-west midlands) 1800s ascal, 1800s asgal, 1800s asgill, 1800s nazgall, 1900s– askal, 1800s– askel; Welsh English 1900s– askgel. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask n.², an element of uncertain origin. Etymology: Apparently < ask n.² + a suffix of uncertain origin.The β. forms apparently show an excrescent final dental. The γ. forms in -l apparently show development from the α. forms with alternation of liquids. The form nazgall at γ. forms shows metanalysis (see N n.). English regional (chiefly west midlands and northern) and Welsh English in later use. A newt. Cf. ask n.² ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > newt askeOE newta1425 askerc1450 swift1530 eft1584 water-ask1772 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4198 (MED) Bathe eddirs & ascres. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 2 Asker; a Newt, or Eft. 1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft xii. 242 Strange vomitings up of Frogs, lizards, askers and the like..attributed to witchcraft. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 252 It differs in colour from all the Newts or Ascars that ever I saw. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 178 A Newt or an Asker, or some such detested reptile. 1845 J. Bigland Nat. Hist. 133 There are several species of lizards in Great Britain; that which is the most common is the eft, in some provinces called the newt, and in others the askar. 1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words 2 Thaay thinks as asgills canna do no 'arm! 1901 Notes & Queries 23 Mar. 222/2 The askard did come out, and tried to run away; but the mother and daughter pursued it. 1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. ii. 434 What do you call that small four-legged, long-tailed creature, blackish on top; it darts about in ponds?.. [Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire] Asker, [Northumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire] Askert. 1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 46 Askal, Askel, Asker, newt. 2011 www.cheshireactivenaturalists.org.uk (OED Archive) 28 Mar. A haul of around 45 newts were taken; both asker and daddy askers were taken. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹?c1225n.²c1450
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