Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mirkwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: mirk-wood
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Any of several European forests in Germanic mythology.

Etymology

From Old Norse Myrkviðr (“murky wood; dark wood; black forest”), as anglicised by William Morris and later adopted by J. R. R. Tolkien. Direct derivatives of the name occur as place names in Sweden and Norway.

Questions

What does mirkwood mean?: Any of several European forests in Germanic mythology.
Where does mirkwood come from?: From Old Norse Myrkviðr (“murky wood; dark wood; black forest”), as anglicised by William Morris and later adopted by J. R. R. Tolkien. Direct derivatives of the name occur as place names in Sweden and Norway.

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