alarums and excursions

Frantic activity that causes a clamor. Often seen in Elizabethan drama as a stage direction denoting military activity. What on earth is going on? The alarums and excursions in the living room woke me from a sound sleep—keep it down!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Patrycja	paht-RITS-yah	Polish
Helga	HEL-gah (German), HEL-gaw (Hungarian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Ancient Scandinavian
CibrÁN	thee-BRAN	Galician
HÅVard	-	Norwegian
RuaidhrÍ	ROR-ee	Irish
Agapios	-	Greek, Ancient Greek