mirken

English

Etymology

From Middle English mirkenen, merknen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to darken”). Cognate with Icelandic myrkna (“to darken”), Swedish mörkna (“to get dark, darken”), Danish mørkne (“to darken”), equivalent to mirk +‎ -en. More at murk.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪn

Verb

mirken (third-person singular simple present mirkens, present participle mirkening, simple past and past participle mirkened)

1. (intransitive, Scotland, rare) To grow dark.
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Derived terms

• mirkening

Anagrams

• merkin