durst
verb, past tense of dare
Early Modern English
Meaning
Had the courage to do something. tree →
Then and now
No longer used; today we say "dared."
Examples
- "How durst thou read such and such passages to me?" said the Tsar.--"They were written to be read," replied the priest.--"Written, indeed! (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) tree →
- Now everybody in the town and neighborhood was in great fear, and no one durst venture out after sunset near the Gate of Rashomon. (Japanese Fairy Tales) tree →
- And the woman was trying to get her cow to go up a ladder to the grass, and the poor thing durst not go. (English Fairy Tales) tree →
Note
Today: dared.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «durst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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