From dared + -n't. <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span> Contraction of dared not. durstn't, dursn't, dursen't dranted...
dranted simple past and past participle of drant <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span>...
of the Ring, Chapter XI: A Knife In The Dark I durstn't go outside this dell for any money; I felt that something was creeping up the slope. <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span>...
say so." Contraction of dared not. (Northern U.S.) dassn't (2nd meaning) <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span> (2nd meaning, mostly archaic or literary) durstn't, dursn't, dursen't Appendix:English...
1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying,, page 153: If he had been a man, he would a been there instead of making his sons do what he dursn’t. <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span>...
added to auxiliary verbs, including dare and need in certain uses (see <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span>), as well as main verbs be (in almost all uses) and have (in some uses)...
dared, which has been markedly more common ever since. bedare daredevil <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span> daren't darer daresay, dare say, dare-say dare-saying daresn't daresome...
the beast—she calls it La Vaya Than, which Goody Trader says is Spanish for ‘Ain’t this a damn lie,’ do you know Goody Trader? <span class="searchmatch">daredn't</span> daren't durstn't...