FromOld Norsemyrkr, fromProto-Germanic*merkuz. Cognate toEnglishmurk.

• IPA^(key):[ˈmɪɹ̥kʊr]

myrkur n (genitive singularmyrkurs,uncountable)

1. darkness

myrkur (comparativemyrkari,superlativemyrkastur)

1. dark

• døkkur
• dimmur

• ljósur

• myrkrið

• myrkagulur,myrkareyður,myrkagrønur,myrkabláur

FromOld Norsemyrkr, fromProto-Germanic*merkuz. Cognate toEnglishmurk.

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɪr̥kʏr/

  Rhymes:-ɪr̥kʏr

myrkur (comparativemyrkarior(archaic/obsolete)myrkvari,superlativemyrkasturor(archaic/obsolete)myrkvastur)

1. dark

   Synonyms:dimmur,dökkur

2. difficult tounderstand,obscure

   Synonym:torskilinn

3. gloomy

   Synonym:þungbúinn

myrkur n (genitive singularmyrkurs,nominative pluralmyrkur)

1. darkness, thedark
   • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)

     Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frámyrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, enmyrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.

     And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from thedarkness. God called the light "day," and thedarkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989)Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies,→ISBN(Available atMálið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “myrkur”, inBeygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019)Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “myrkur” in theDictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) andISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “myrkur”, inRitmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies,(Can wedate this quote?)