durran

durran

1. genitive singular of durra

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

durran

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

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

• “durran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdur.rɑn/, [ˈdurˠ.rˠɑn]

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…

• Middle English: durren
  • Scots: daur
  • English: dare

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdur.rɑn/

durran

1. to dare

   thuo ni dorste Abraham leng drohtin sīnan frāgon

   but he didn't dare asking Abraham his Lord

   (Genesis, verse 243)

• gidurran

• Low German: dören