Thanks, LN!
Grace

> Hrútur hafði vakað

"H. had been awake". MM & HP: "had been lying awake".

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)

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


Fred and Grace Hatton
Hawley Pa