Faroese

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Verb

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vekja

  1. (transitive) to waken

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vekja (group v-18)
infinitive vekja
supine vakt
participle (a7)1 vekjandi vakdur
present past
first singular vekji vakdi
second singular vekur vakdi
third singular vekur vakdi
plural vekja vakdu
imperative
singular vek!
plural vekjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
Conjugation of vekja (group v-16)
infinitive vekja
supine vakt
participle (a5)1 vekjandi vaktur
present past
first singular veki vakti
second singular vekir vakti
third singular vekir vakti
plural vekja vaktu
imperative
singular vek!
plural vekið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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vekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vakti, supine vakið)

  1. (transitive) to awaken, to wake up, the word specifically means to disrupt the sleep of someone else and not to rise from sleep one self, as these two are never confused in the language unlike English

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Verb

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vekja (3rd singular past indicative vakti, vakði, 3rd plural past indicative vǫktu, vǫkðu, past participle vakiðr or vakinn or vaktr)

  1. (transitive) to waken, rouse from sleep
  2. (transitive) to stir, rouse
  3. (transitive) to cause
  4. (impersonal, transitive) to begin

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vekja
  • Faroese: vekja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vekkja, vekja
  • Old Swedish: vækia, vækkia
  • Old Danish: wække

References

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  • vekja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press