Bask
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:12 pm
From online Etymology:
bask
1393, basken "to wallow (in blood)," from O.N. baðask reflex. of baða "bathe" (see bathe). Modern meaning "soak up a flood of warmth" is apparently due to Shakespeare's use of the word in reference to sunshine in "As You Like It" (1600).
I think it's interesting how this word's meaning changed from one that gave the feeling of distress to that of content.
I left him basked between the dead.
bask
1393, basken "to wallow (in blood)," from O.N. baðask reflex. of baða "bathe" (see bathe). Modern meaning "soak up a flood of warmth" is apparently due to Shakespeare's use of the word in reference to sunshine in "As You Like It" (1600).
I think it's interesting how this word's meaning changed from one that gave the feeling of distress to that of content.
I left him basked between the dead.