Meanings
alternative mirkenin · alternative mirkinnen · alternative mirknin · alternative murknin · alternative mirkening
- OrkneyScotlandShetlandno pluralLate twilight, dusk; darkening of evening.
The gloaming glories o’ the lift hae dwined awa’ to grey, And clachan lichts begin to blink ayont the mirkning brae.
1883, Anthony Cunningham M’Bryde, edited by David Herschell Edwards, Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, page 185Synonyms: crepusculum, dimmity, nightfall
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLate twilight, dusk; darkening of evening.
Origin
- Old Norsemyrkna“dark, gloomy”
- Scotsmirken“to grow dark, darken, become overcast”
- Englishmirkning
From Scots mirken (“to grow dark, darken, become overcast”), from Old Norse myrkna (“dark, gloomy”) + -ing (noun-forming suffix), equivalent to mirken + -ing.
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