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verb
To grow dark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, intransitive, rare
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
