ashen

Etymology 1

From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash + -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).

adj

1. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
   An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.

Etymology 2

From Middle English asshen, axen (“ash-colored; pale; lifeless”), equivalent to ash + -en (“made or consisting of”).

adj

1. Of or resembling ashes.
   A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.
2. Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic; appalled.
   His ashen face belied his claims of good health.

Etymology 3

From ash + -en (verbal suffix).

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
2. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become pale