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Norman
Etymology
From Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre (“harden, make hard; last, endure”), from dūrus (“hard”).
Verb
duther
- (Jersey) to last (for)
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, 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.