A dialectal or archaic term meaning askew or aslant; in a skipping or hopping manner; sideways.
Possibly from ask- + skip, or a variant of askew with the -ip ending from Old English or Norse. This appears primarily in very old Scottish or Northern English dialects.
The word 'askip' might combine the idea of moving sideways with the motion of skipping—showing how English speakers once created movement words by combining directional and action elements!
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