a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning

personification, as of inanimate things

slim; slender in figure or lithe

difficult to understand; obscure

to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means

a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom

(especially in reference to the Danish lifestyle) the feeling of coziness and contentment evoked by simple comforts, as being wrapped in a blanket, having good conversations, enjoying food, etc.

causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous

to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate

a fixed or firm belief

eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

not organized; lacking order

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

to criticize or reprimand severely