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# durst

verb, past tense of dare

«durst» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Had the courage to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/durst/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "dared."

### Examples

- "How durst thou read such and such passages to me?" said the Tsar.--"They were written to be read," replied the priest.--"Written, indeed! (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/durst/#x1)
- Now everybody in the town and neighborhood was in great fear, and no one durst venture out after sunset near the Gate of Rashomon. (Japanese Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/durst/#x2)
- And the woman was trying to get her cow to go up a ladder to the grass, and the poor thing durst not go. (English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/durst/#x3)

### Note

Today: dared.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «durst» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/durst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«durst» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/durst.html) on Mova free.