Murken

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become murky or dark. ambitransitive, rare

    "With brooding forecast of the brumal blast, And treasures white poured from cold northern stores, A Sabbath restfulness is in the woods, A silent flow in Yarrow's murkened stream; […]"

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"With brooding forecast of the brumal blast, And treasures white poured from cold northern stores, A Sabbath restfulness is in the woods, A silent flow in Yarrow's murkened stream; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English mirkenen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to grow dark”), equivalent to murk + -en.

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