durst

Etymology

verb

  1. (archaic, literary) simple past of dare
    Traditional rhyme Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail; the best man among them durst not touch her tail.
    And they durst not steal, for fear of the law, for such were punished; neither durst they rob, nor murder, for he that murdered was punished unto death. 1830, The Book of Mormon
    Others, I am not the first, Have willed more mischief than they durst 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXX, lines 1-2

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