awacan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ā- + wacan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aː.ˈwɑ.kɑn/

Verb

āwacan

  1. (intransitive) to wake up
    Þā hē āwōc, þā hæfdon ealle wagnas þā ēa oferfaren.
    When he woke up, all the wagons had crossed the river.
    Syle him coss æt mē þā hē āwæcþ and seġe þæt iċ his misse.
    Give him a kiss from me when he wakes up and say that I miss him.
    Iċ bēo eft ǣr þām þe þū āwæcst.
    I'll be back before you wake up.
    Þā iċ āwōc, nyste iċ hū lange iċ slēp.
    When I woke up, I didn't know how long I'd been sleeping.
    āwōc on middan strǣte and iċ ġeseah hors on fȳre.
    I woke up in the middle of a road and I saw a horse on fire.
    Āwacaþ, sċēapmenn!
    Wake up, shepherds!

Conjugation

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