greking means The break (of day); dawn. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
GREKING — [Noun] The break of day; dawn. From Middle English, apparently derived from Old Norse grýja ("dawn"), with possible influence from or relation to Dutch krieken. Unlike “daybreak,” a serviceable and general term, or “aurora,” with its veils of poetry and science, greking is the plain, concrete name for the event itself. It is the first grey seep at a window's edge, the moment a silhouetted tree separates itself from the uniform night, and the solitary cough of a waking bird—a quiet, unadorned victory of light over the long, holding dark.
noun
- The break (of day); dawn.“And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.”