murken

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become murky or dark
    • 1917, William Steven, Yarrow, page 130:
      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; […]
    • 2008, T. David Lee, 108th Street, page 160:
      The parking lot was emptying rapidly as all the Labor Day picnic groups headed home in the murkening gloom.

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Swedish

Adjective

murken (comparative murknare, superlative murknast)

  1. decayed, rotten (usually of wood)

Declension

Inflection of murken
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular murken murknare murknast
neuter singular murket murknare murknast
plural murkna murknare murknast
masculine plural2 murkne murknare murknast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 murkne murknare murknaste
all murkna murknare murknaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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