wakien

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wacian.

Verb

wakien

1. to watch, awake

Conjugation

Conjugation of wakien (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) wakien, wakie
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	wakie	wakied
2nd-person singular	wakiest	wakiedest
3rd-person singular	wakieth	wakied
subjunctive singular	wakie
imperative singular		—
plural1	wakien, wakie	wakieden, wakiede
imperative plural	wakieth, wakie	—
participles	wakiynge, wakiende	wakied, ywakied

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• wake (“a watch, vigil”)
• waken (“to wake, cease from sleep, to be awake”)
• waknen (“to be aroused from sleep”)

Descendants

• English: wake (with derived forms waken, awaken)

See also

• English: walk, waulk

Etymology 2

From Old English wācian.

Verb

wakien

1. Alternative form of waken