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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uzwrakjaną, equivalent to a- + wreċċan.
Verb
āwreċċan
- to awaken
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
Drusiana þa ārās swilce of slæpe āwreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse, hām ġewende.- Drusiana then arose as if from sleep awakened, and, mindful of the apostle's command, returned home.
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