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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wakāną. Equivalent to *wakan (“to wake”) + *-ēn.
Verb
*wakēn
- to wake
- to be awake
Inflection
| Class 3 weak
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| Infinitive
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*wakēn
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| 1st sg. past
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*wak?dā
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| Infinitive
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*wakēn
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| Genitive infin.
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*wakēnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*wakēnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*wakēniju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*wakē
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*wak?dā
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| 2nd singular
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*wakēs
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*wak?dēs, *wak?dēs
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| 3rd singular
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*wakēþ
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*wak?dē, *wak?dā
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| 1st plural
|
*wakēm
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*wak?dum
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| 2nd plural
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*wakēþ
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*wak?dud
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| 3rd plural
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*wakēnþ
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*wak?dun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*wakē
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*wak?dī
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| 2nd singular
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*wakēs
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*wak?dī
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| 3rd singular
|
*wakē
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*wak?dī
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| 1st plural
|
*wakēm
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*wak?dīm
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| 2nd plural
|
*wakēþ
|
*wak?dīd
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| 3rd plural
|
*wakēn
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*wak?dīn
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| Imperative
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Present
|
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| Singular
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*wakē
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| Plural
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*wakēþ
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*wakēndī
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*wak?d
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 90: “*wakēn”
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190: “PWGmc *wakē-”
