Middle English Dictionary Entry
pasken v.
Entry Info
Forms | pasken v. |
Etymology | ?Imitative; cp. pashen;?ON; cp. Swed. paska, Norw. baska. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To paddle, splash.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277)8 : Þis oþere here nettes gonne forsake & suede him..& nechose noȝt amis; Hem was so betere þan to pasken in þe water, iwis, While oure Louerd an vrþe was.