murken

English

Alternative forms

• mirken (Scotland)

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.

Anagrams

• Krumen, Renkum

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.

See also

• möglig
• unken
• rutten

References

• murken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• murken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• murken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)