v.
'rot'
(Modern English )Always derived from ON, cp. morkna 'to become rotten', formed on morkinn 'rotten', cp. MHG murc 'rotten'; related to OIr meirc 'rust' from PIE *mer-g-, and further to the base *mer-k- in Lat marcēre 'wither'.
PGmc Ancestor
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
morkna 'to become rotten'
(ONP morkna (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far morkna, Icel morkna, Norw morkna, Sw murkna
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
B2c
hapax legomenon
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 407
Some editions print morkne, but the MS reading is probably <mourkne> (so GollCl, Anderson, OED3, etc.)