durst

See also: Durst

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɝst/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st

Verb

durst

  1. (archaic, literary) simple past of dare

Derived terms

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːst/

Verb

durst

  1. crossed
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 10:
      Van a vierd durst a bargher an a haar galshied too,
      When a weasel crossed the road, and a hare gazed at me too,

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129
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