A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dirkin, -yn, Dyrkyn, v. [ME. dyrkyn (a 1400), durken, variant of derken. Cf. Dirk,v.] a. intr. To lie hid, to lurk. b. tr. To make dark. c. intr. To become dark.a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 9.
I drew in derne to the dyk to dirkin eftir myrthisb. 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 47.
Thik drumly skuggis dyrknyt [Sm. dirknit] so the hevyn Ib. xi. xii. 36; etc.
The dartis thyk … Dyrknyt the hevynnys and the skyis lyght c1520-c1535 Nesbit N. T. III. 316/4.
It hes beynne hiddirtillis sa ewill dirknet with glosses 1533 Boece xiii. iv. 504.
Na cluddis to dirkin the lift c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1411.
Quhen vglie cluddis … dirkynnit so the heuinnis brycht Ib. 5381.
So dirknit bene boith sonne and monec. 1513 Doug. xiii. Prol. 30.
The day [began] to dyrkyn, declyne, and devaill Ib. vi. 219.
Of the laithly smokis … The hevin dyrknyt
