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The truce hour when night surrenders but the sun hasn't bothered showing up yet.
means The pale, colorless first light of early morning, before the sun has properly risen.
from A plain compound of two old Germanic words. 'Grey' (Old English 'grǣg') names that uncertain shade between black and white, and 'dawn' grew from Old English 'dagung,' the daily breaking of day, kin to 'day' itself. Yoked together, they describe exactly what they say: the day's beginning, drained of color. The pairing has long been a favorite of poets, who found in that washed-out half-light a ready mood of cold, lonely, or uncertain beginnings.
- science name
- Civil twilight, sun six degrees below horizon
- no color
- Cones need light cells; rods see only grey
- bird timing
- Robins sing here, beating sunrise by minutes
- word root
- Dawn comes from Old English dagian, to become day
grey dawn operation — wwii british deception plan, 1944, operation fortitude component
grey dawn film — 1921 silent western starring william s. hart