Uhtceare (noun)
oot-kay-ar-ay
The feeling of anxiety or worry experienced before dawn, often while lying awake in bed
Old English, now obsolete. “Uht” refers to the hour before sunrise, and “ceare” means care or worry
Example sentences
“I was awake at 4am again, the uhtceare driving me from my slumber.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
