duther

Norman

Etymology

From Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre (“harden, make hard; last, endure”), from dūrus (“hard”).

Verb

duther

1. (Jersey) to last (for)
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 531:

     Quànd Mars durerait chent àns l'hiver durerait autànt.

     If March were to last for a hundred years, winter would last as long.