durran

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Finnish

Noun

durran

  1. genitive singular of durra

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną.

Verb

durran

  1. to dare, to have the courage
  2. may

Inflection

Conjugation of durran (preterite-present)
infinitive durran
indicative present past
1st person singular dar dorsta
2nd person singular darst dorstos
3rd person singular dar dorsta
1st person plural durrun dorstun
2nd person plural durrut dorstut
3rd person plural durrun dorstun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular durri dursti
2nd person singular durris, durrist durstis
3rd person singular durri dursti
1st person plural durrin durstin
2nd person plural durrit durstit
3rd person plural durrin durstin
imperative present
singular -
plural -
participle present past
durrandi gidorst

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: dorren
    • Dutch: durven (conflated in form with durven)
    • Limburgish: däöre, dörve

Further reading

  • “durran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse.

Pronunciation

Verb

durran

  1. to dare
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      Oft iċ sceolde āna · ūhtna ġehwylċe
      mīne ċeare cwīþan. · Nis nū cwicra nān
      þe iċ him mōdsefan · mīnne durre
      sweotule āseċġan. · Iċ tō sōþe wāt…
      Oft I had to bemoan my sorrow
      alone at every dawn. There is no one alive
      to whom I would dare
      openly tell my heart. I know as a truth…

Conjugation

Conjugation of durran (preterite-present)
infinitive durran —
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular dearr dorste
second person singular dearst dorstest
third person singular dearr dorste
plural durron dorston
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular dyrre dorste
plural dyrren dorsten
imperative
singular dyrre
plural durfaþ
participle present past
— —

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse.

Pronunciation

Verb

durran

  1. to dare
    thuo ni dorste Abraham leng drohtin sīnan frāgon
    but he didn't dare asking Abraham his Lord
    (Genesis, verse 243)

Conjugation

Conjugation of durran (preterite-present)
infinitive durran
indicative present past
1st person singular dar dorsta
2nd person singular darst dorstes
3rd person singular dar dorsta
plural durrun dorstun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular durri dorsti
2nd person singular durris dorstis
3rd person singular durri dorsti
plural durrin dorstin
imperative present
singular —
plural —
participle present past
durrandi —

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