astir

Etymology

a- + stir

adj

1. In motion; characterized by motion.
   For in quick spring the sap is all astir. 1863, Christina Rossetti, “L. E. L.”, in Poems, Boston: Roberts Brothers, published 1866, page 205
   Wilson, who was acting as cook, was up and astir at his duties in the cook-house. 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 7, in The Land That Time Forgot, New York: Del Rey, published 1992, page 103
   Outside, the evening woods stood in quietude and the vast patches like maps of color were captured motionless, no leaf astir, in the light of the setting sun. 1979, William Styron, chapter 11, in Sophie’s Choice, New York: Random House, page 332
2. Out of bed; up and about.
   Ezinma was still sleeping when everyone else was astir, 1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, New York: Astor-Honor, Part 1, Chapter 12, p. 115