"murken" meaning in English

See murken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: murkens [present, singular, third-person], murkening [participle, present], murkened [participle, past], murkened [past]
Etymology: From Middle English mirkenen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to grow dark”), equivalent to murk + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mirkenen}} Middle English mirkenen, {{der|en|non|myrkna|t=to grow dark}} Old Norse myrkna (“to grow dark”), {{af|en|murk|-en|id2=inchoative}} murk + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} murken (third-person singular simple present murkens, present participle murkening, simple past and past participle murkened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become murky or dark Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive Synonyms: mirken [Scotland]

Inflected forms

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