mirken en · VERB
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.
Meanings
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(Scotland, intransitive, rare) To grow dark.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mirkens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| mirkening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mirkened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mirkened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |