Sorry, that should say "stay awake", obviously, not "stake awake" ;)
I spotted it as soon as I pressed send.

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@...> wrote:
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> > Hrútur hafði vakað
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> "H. had been awake". MM & HP: "had been lying awake".
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> vaka (vaki; vakta; vakat) "to be awake, to stake awake"
> vakna (að) "to wake up" (intransitive)
> vekja (vek; vakta; vakiðr, vaktr, vakinn) "to wake (someone) up, to
> rouse" (transitive)
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> Parts of verbs as cited by Zoega, who also gives the full conjugation
> of 'vaka' in the appendix:
>
> http://norse.ulver.com/ondict/zoega/index.html
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