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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1498-1535

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Mirk, Myrk, v. [ME. (1320-30) and e.m.E. mirk(e, myrk, merk(e, ON. myrkva.] intr. and tr. To darken, make or grow dark. lit. and fig. = Mirkn- v. —a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 718.
Than son and mone myrkand throw merrans
c1520-c1535 Nisbet Rom. i. 21.
The vnwise hert of thame was mirkit
c1520-c1535 Id. Rev. viii. 12.
The thrid part of thame [sc. the stars] was mirkit

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