"mirken" meaning in English

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mirkenen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mirkenen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "merknen"
      },
      "expansion": "merknen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "myrkna",
        "t": "to darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse myrkna (“to darken”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "myrkna",
        "t": "to darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic myrkna (“to darken”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mörkna",
        "t": "to get dark, darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mörkna (“to get dark, darken”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "mørkne",
        "t": "to darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish mørkne (“to darken”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mirk",
        "3": "en",
        "id2": "inchoative"
      },
      "expansion": "mirk + -en",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "murk"
      },
      "expansion": "murk",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mirkens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mirkening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mirkened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mirkened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mirken (third-person singular simple present mirkens, present participle mirkening, simple past and past participle mirkened)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "mirkening"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow dark."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "dark",
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        "(intransitive, Scotland, rare) To grow dark."
      ],
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        "Scotland",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)kɪn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mirken"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mirkening"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mirkenen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mirkenen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "merknen"
      },
      "expansion": "merknen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "myrkna",
        "t": "to darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse myrkna (“to darken”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "myrkna",
        "t": "to darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic myrkna (“to darken”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mörkna",
        "t": "to get dark, darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mörkna (“to get dark, darken”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "mørkne",
        "t": "to darken"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish mørkne (“to darken”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mirk",
        "3": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "mirk + -en",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "murk"
      },
      "expansion": "murk",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mirkens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mirkening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mirkened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mirkened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English verbs",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)kɪn",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)kɪn/2 syllables",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow dark."
      ],
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          "dark",
          "dark"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, Scotland, rare) To grow dark."
      ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)kɪn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mirken"
}