"waken" meaning in Middle English

See waken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwaːkən/
Etymology: From Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wacan}} Old English wacan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wakan}} Proto-West Germanic *wakan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wakaną}} Proto-Germanic *wakaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} waken Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|wak|wook|wok|wak|c=6|y=0}} Forms: strong [table-tags], waken [infinitive], to waken [infinitive], wake [infinitive], wake [first-person, present, singular], wook [first-person, past, singular], wakest [present, second-person, singular], woke [past, second-person, singular], wook [past, second-person, singular], waketh [present, singular, third-person], wook [past, singular, third-person], wake [present, singular, subjunctive], woke [past, singular, subjunctive], wake [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], waken [plural, present], wake [plural, present], woken [past, plural], woke [past, plural], waketh [imperative, plural, present], wake [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], wakynge [participle, present], wakende [participle, present], waken [participle, past], wake [participle, past]
  1. to wake, cease from sleep, to be awake Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-waken-enm-verb-aUHXfnPb Disambiguation of Sleep: 83 13 4
  2. to remain awake on watch (especially over a corpse)
    Sense id: en-waken-enm-verb-3MZZxg-3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wake (english: a watch, vigil), wakien (english: to watch, awake), waknen (english: to waken, to be arouse from sleep)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From Old English wācian. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wācian}} Old English wācian Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} waken
  1. Alternative form of woken Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: woken
    Sense id: en-waken-enm-verb-JEgnaLZy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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