Waken

Etymology
Old English wæcnan.

Verb

 * 1)  to awake or rouse from sleep; to stir

Etymology
From *undefined:, from.

Akin to Old English wacian, Old High German wahhen (German wachen), Old Norse vaka (Swedish vaka).

Verb

 * 1) to watch, stay awake

Derived terms

 * bewaken
 * ontwaken

Related terms

 * wake
 * wakker
 * wekken

Noun
waken



Etymology
Old English wacan

Verb
waken (past wook, past participle waken)


 * 1) to wake, cease from sleep, to be awake
 * 2) to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse

Related terms

 * wake: a watch, vigil
 * wakien: to watch, awake (from Old English wacian)
 * waknen: to waken, to be aroused from sleep (from Old English wæcnan)

Descendants

 * wake, watch

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