"mirken" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: mirkens [present, singular, third-person], mirkening [participle, present], mirkened [participle, past], mirkened [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪn 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mirkenen}} Middle English mirkenen, {{der|en|non|myrkna|t=to darken}} Old Norse myrkna (“to darken”), {{cog|is|myrkna|t=to darken}} Icelandic myrkna (“to darken”), {{cog|sv|mörkna|t=to get dark, darken}} Swedish mörkna (“to get dark, darken”), {{cog|da|mørkne|t=to darken}} Danish mørkne (“to darken”), {{suffix|en|mirk|en|id2=inchoative}} mirk + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} mirken (third-person singular simple present mirkens, present participle mirkening, simple past and past participle mirkened)
  1. (intransitive, Scotland, rare) To grow dark. Tags: Scotland, intransitive, rare Derived forms: mirkening

Inflected forms

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