mirkning
noun/ˈmɜːk(ə)nɪŋ/
Etymology From Scots mirken (“to grow dark, darken, become overcast”), from Old Norse myrkna (“dark, gloomy”) + -ing (noun-forming suffix), equivalent to mirken + -ing.
- 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 185:
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- dusk