"muk" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /muk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse myki, mykr, from Proto-Germanic *mukī, *mukaz. Alternatively, inherited from Old English *moc (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”)); all from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|non|myki}} Borrowed from Old Norse myki, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*mukī}} Proto-Germanic *mukī, {{cog|ang|*moc}} Old English *moc, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*(s)mewg-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg- Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} muk, {{enm-noun|-}} muk (uncountable)
  1. excrement (whether human or animal) Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Feces
    Sense id: en-muk-enm-noun-N0MwAA9S Disambiguation of Feces: 91 5 4
  2. filth, rubbish Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-muk-enm-noun-FKgnvI8q Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 66 25 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 78 16
  3. (figuratively) wordly concerns Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-muk-enm-noun-7EQeZ-Wk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: mock, mok, moke, mokke, muc, mucke, muke, mukke Derived forms: mukken
Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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    },
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    },
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      "word": "muc"
    },
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      "word": "mucke"
    },
    {
      "word": "muke"
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      "word": "mukke"
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