askynge

• (Early ME) ascinge, easkunge, escunge
• askyng, asking, askeing, aksinge, acsingge, acsynge, askinge, axing, axyng, axinge, axynge

From Old English āscung, āxung (“asking; question; inquiry”); equivalent to axen +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaskinɡ/, /ˈaksinɡ/

askynge (plural askynges)

1. The act of asking; query or inquiry:
   1. Asking for a boon, favour, or reward; supplication.
   2. Asking for something in prayer; supplication of a divinity.
   3. (rare) Repeated questioning or asking.
2. The taking of a legal action; litigation or a legal case.
3. A command or requirement; the act of demanding.
4. (rare) An excessive or forceable exaction.
5. (rare) A charge or tariff on goods.
6. (rare) The placing of criminal charges upon someone..

• English: asking
• Scots: asking, askin

• “asking(e (ger.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-10.