murken

M3U1R1K5E1N1

verb

To make or become murky or dark.

OriginMiddle English mirkenen ← Old Norse myrkna →
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Meanings

verbmurken (third-person singular simple present murkens, present participle murkening, simple past and past participle murkened)

present singular third person murkens · participle present murkening · participle past murkened · past murkened · alternative Scotland mirken

  1. ambitransitiverareTo make or become murky or dark.

    The parking lot was emptying rapidly as all the Labor Day picnic groups headed home in the murkening gloom.

    2008, T. David Lee, 108th Street, page 160
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    With brooding forecast of the brumal blast, And treasures white poured from cold northern stores, A Sabbath restfulness is in the woods, A silent flow in Yarrow's murkened stream; […]

    1917, William Steven, Yarrow, page 130

Origin

  1. Old Norsemyrkna“to grow dark”
  2. Middle Englishmirkenen
  3. Englishmurken

From Middle English mirkenen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to grow dark”), equivalent to murk + -en.

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APA

murken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murken

MLA

“murken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “murken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murken.

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