mirken

English

Etymology

From mirk +‎ -en, or perhaps from Middle English *mirknen, *merknen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to darken”), cognate with Icelandic myrkna (“to darken”), Swedish mörkna (“to get dark, darken”), Danish mørkne (“to darken”). More at murk.

Verb

mirken (third-person singular simple present mirkens, present participle mirkening, simple past and past participle mirkened)

1. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To grow dark.