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DURRAN

  • verb [ preterite-present ]
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DURRAN, ic, he dear, ðú dearst, pl. durron, durran; p. dorste, pl. dorston, dorstan; pp. dorren
Wright's OE grammar
§279; §542;
ToDARE, presume ;audēre
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  • Ne dear ic hám faran

    I dare not go home,

    • Gen. 44, 34: Ex. 32, 30: Cd. 40
      • ;
    • Th. 54,
      • 1;
    • Gen.
      • 870.

  • Gif ðú Grendles dearst neán bídan

    if thou darest abide near Grendel,

    • Beo. Th. 1059
      • ;
    • B. 527: Andr. Kmbl. 2700
      • ;
    • An. 1352
      • .

  • Gif he gesécean dear

    if he dares to seek,

    • Beo. Th. 1373
      • ;
    • B. 684
      • .

  • Ne durran we ówér geféran

    we dare not go anywhere,

    • Exon. 70 b
      • ;
    • Th. 262,
      • 10;
    • Jul. 330
      • .

  • Hí durron,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 27;
    • S. 491,
      • 33.

  • Hwæðer ðú durre gilpan

    whether thou dare boast,

    • Bt. 14,
      • 1;
    • Fox 40, 22: Bt. Met. Fox 11,
      • 107;
    • Met. 11,
      • 54.

  • Séc gif ðú dyrre

    seek it if thou durst,

    • Beo. Th. 2763
      • ;
    • B. 1379
      • .

  • Hwæðer he winnan dorste

    whether he durst fight,

    • Ors. 4,
      • 11;
    • Bos. 97, 14: Cd. 121
      • ;
    • Th. 156,
      • 15;
    • Gen. 2589
      • .

  • Hí dorston,

    • Beo. Th. 5688
      • ;
    • B. 2848: dorstan, Bd. 3,
      • 11;
    • S. 536,
      • 41.

  • Gif hí dorsten if they durst, Bt. Met. Fox 1,

    • 54
      • ;
    • Met. 1,
      • 27.
  • [Durran is the fourth of the twelve Anglo-Saxon verbs, called præterito-præsentia, and given under ágan, q. v. The inf. durran and the pres. dear, pl. durron, retaining preterite inflections, are taken from the p. of the verb, ascertained from dear, pl. durron, which shews the ablaut or internal change off], and requires by analogy with other verbs of the same class the inf. deorran = deorsan [Goth. daursan] and the pp. dorren. Thus we find the original verb deorran = deorsan; p. dear, pl. durron; pp. dorren. The weak p. dorste, pl. dorston [ = durste, durston], is formed regularly from the inf. durran = dursan. The same præterito-præsens may be generally observed in the following cognate words :--   inf. pres. pl. p. Engl. dare, dare, dare, durst, Wyc. dore, dar, durn,   Laym. Orm   der, darr, durren, durste, O. Sax. gi-durran, gi-dar,   gi-dorsta, O. Frs. thura, thur, dur thuron, thorste, M. H. Ger. turren, tar, turren, torste, O. H. Ger. turran, tar, turrumés, torsta, Goth. daursan, dars, daursum, daursta.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “DURRAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8130.

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