astir

[ uh-stur ]

/ əˈstɜr /

moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement: The field was astir with small animals, birds, and insects.

up and about; out of bed.

Origin of astir

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see a-¹, stir¹

In ten minutes after his first shout the whole camp was astir.

Away in the Wilderness |R.M. Ballantyne
He had turned into bed as usual, never dreaming any man was astir on such a night as that.

Labrador Days |Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
She awoke; the woodlark was singing in the near copse—the little birds were astir, and rustling in their leafy nests.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 |Various
Looking towards the other side of the plain he saw signs that the Barushu were also astir.

The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies |Frank Worthington

Directly we heard volleys of musketry, and then the camps were astir.

Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, |George Alfred Townsend

astir

/ (əˈstɜː) /

awake and out of bed

in motion; on the move