Old English

Noun

ūhtcearu f ‎(nominative plural ūhtceare or ūhtceara)

1. pre-dawn anxiety
   • c. 10th century, The Wife's Lament, lines 7b-8:

     hæfde ic uhtceare hwær min leodfruma londes wære

     I had pre-dawn anxiety, [wondering] where in the land my prince might be.

Declension