Infinitive
durran
Participles
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | dearr |
| 2nd sing. | dearst |
| 3rd sing. | dearr |
| 1st plur. | durron |
| 2nd plur. | durron |
| 3rd plur. | durron |
Past
| 1st sing. | dorste |
| 2nd sing. | dorstest |
| 3rd sing. | dorste |
| 1st plur. | dorston |
| 2nd plur. | dorston |
| 3rd plur. | dorston |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | dyrre |
| 2nd sing. | dyrre |
| 3rd sing. | dyrre |
| 1st plur. | dyrren |
| 2nd plur. | dyrren |
| 3rd plur. | dyrren |
Past
| 1st sing. | dorste |
| 2nd sing. | dorste |
| 3rd sing. | dorste |
| 1st plur. | dorsten |
| 2nd plur. | dorsten |
| 3rd plur. | dorsten |
Imperative
| Singular | dyrre |
| Plural | durfaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'durran'
durran,
Verbs similar to 'durran'
cerran,
cyrran,
derian,
dufan,
dugan,
gyrran,
murnan,
surian,
þurfan,
þyrran,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse. See: Proto-Germanic '
*durzaną', Proto-Indo-European '
*dʰedʰórse'.
Verbs referencing "durran"
English
dare, Sanskrit
धृष्णोति, Middle English
durren.
Sample Sentences
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Oft iċ sceolde āna · ūhtna ġehwylċe
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mīne ċeare cwīþan. · Nis nū cwicra nān
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þe iċ him mōdsefan · mīnne durre
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sweotule āseċġan. · Iċ tō sōþe wāt… (Oft I had to bemoan my sorrow
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alone at every dawn. There is no one alive
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to whom I would dare
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openly tell my heart. I know as a truth…) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
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Iċ wolde ēac ġyf iċ dorste pluccian sum ġehwǣde andġyt of ðǣre bēċ þe Bēda sē snotera lārēow ġesette... (I would, if I dared, pluck a little knowledge from the book that Bede the wise teacher laid down...)
Cognates
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