"therk" meaning in Middle English

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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "and he aȝen wiþ ſtrong bataile / ſo betwene hem leſte þat fiȝt / Til it waſ þe þerke niȝt",
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        "dark, dim"
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      "word": "therke"
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      "word": "thyrke"
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      "word": "þerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þerke"
    }
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  "word": "therk"
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      "word": "therke"
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