durren

See also: dürren and Dürren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• durre, duren, doren, daren, darn

Etymology

From Old English durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdurən/

Verb

durren

1. (auxiliary) To dare, be willing to do in the face of hardship
2. (auxiliary) To be compelled or forced to do; to need to do.
3. (auxiliary, rare) To be able to; can.

Usage notes

This verb is frequently conflated with tharen because of the two verbs' phonetic similarity.

Conjugation

Conjugation of durren (preterite-present, defective)

infinitive	(to) durren, durre, dare
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	dar	durste
2nd-person singular	darst	durstest, durste
3rd-person singular	dar	durste
subjunctive singular	durre, dare
imperative singular	—	—
plural1	durren, durre, daren, dare	dursten, durste
imperative plural	—	—
participles	—	durre, dare, durst

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: dare
• Scots: daur

References

• “durren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.