English
Verb
durst
- archaic third-person singular indicative of the verb dare.
#: Four and Twenty tailors went to kill a snail; the best man among them durst not touch her tail...
#* 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: Captain Smollett, the squire, and Dr. Livesey were talking together on the quarterdeck, and, anxious as I was to tell them my story, I durst not interrupt them.
Pretty soul, she durst not lie, near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy
w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, w:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2, Scene 2, lines 82-83
Category:English irregular verb forms
io:durst
te:durst
vi:durst
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