durst

American

[durst] / dɜrst /

verb

Archaic. simple past tense of dare.

durst British

/ dɜːst /

verb

a past tense of dare

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But in the end one runs away from one's tendres much harder and more precipitately than from one's durs.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

But they're comin', so I'll oppen th' chapel durs.’

From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Mather, Marshall

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