Mirken

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To grow dark. Scotland, intransitive, rare

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken."

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darken

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"For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken."

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.

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