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vake

“vake” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to be awake, to not get to sleep
  2. to stay awake (through the night) to help or keep watch
  3. to be on guard, on watch
  4. to appear at the surface of the water
  5. to float, stay afloat

noun

  1. waking, the act of staying awake
  2. (service) on the eve of a saint's day

Etymology

From Old Norse vaka, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵ-.

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