aserchen

• a-serche

From Anglo-Norman assercher, Old French acerchier, from a + cerchier (“to seek”); equivalent to a- +‎ serchen.

• IPA^(key): /aˈsɛːrt͡ʃən/, /aˈsɛrt͡ʃən/

aserchen

1. (rare) To check; to search (into); to examine or investigate.
   • 1382, John Wycliffe, Genesis XLIV 11-12:

     And so blyue doynge down into the erthe the sackis eche opnyde the which aserchinge, bigynnynge fro the more vnto the leeste, fonde the coppe in the sak of Beniamyn.

     And quickly each put the sacks down on the ground and opened them, which were searched beginning with the oldest and going in order until the youngest; the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

2. (rare) To question or ask.

• “aserchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-10.