wæccan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. Doublet of weċċan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwæt.t͡ʃɑn/ === Verb === wæċċan to be or stay awake ==== Usage notes ==== This word is found only in the present participle wæccende in West Saxon, which otherwise uses wacian, but is better attested in Northumbrian sources. This word is intransitive; the transitive counterpart is weċċan. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: wacchen English: watch