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Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *wakēn.
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wacian
- to be/stay awake
Iċ wacode ealle þā hwīle þe þū āgān wǣre.- I stayed awake the whole time you were gone.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Decollation of St. John the Baptist"
Ġif wē tō lange waciaþ, wē āteoriaþ.- If we stay awake for too long, we faint.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 14:37
Þā cōm hē and fand hīe slǣpende, and cwæþ tō Petre, "Simon, slǣpst þū? Ne meahtest þū āne tīde wacian?"- Then he came and found them asleep, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour?"
- to keep watch, be on guard
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilus, Bishop"
Uton belucan þas circan and loc geinseglian and ġe ealle siðþan waciað þreo niht wuniġende on gebedum and...- Let us lock up this church, and seal the lock and do ye all afterward watch three nights, continuing in prayer and...'
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Etymology 2
From wāc + -ian.
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wācian
- to become weakened or tired; to weaken
- to calm; to lose one's bravery
- to lose one's riches; to end up in poverty
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