What is "durst"

Dare \Dare\ (d[^a]r), v. i. [imp. Durst (d[^u]rst) or Dared (d[^a]rd); p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] [OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada['u]rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. [root]70.] To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.

I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.
--Shak.

Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not.
--Macaulay.

Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion.
--Thackeray.

The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why.
--Jowett (Thu?yd.).

Note: The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans.
--Skeat.

The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead).
--P. Plowman.

You know one dare not discover you.
--Dryden.

The fellow dares not deceive me.
--Shak.

Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep.
--Beau. & Fl.

Note: Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared.

Durst \Durst\, imp. of Dare. See Dare, v. i. [1913 Webster] ||

see dare (v.).

vb. (context archaic English) (en-simple pastdare)

Durst is a surname of German origin (meaning thirst), and may refer to:

• Cedric Durst (1896–1971), outfielder in Major League Baseball
• Douglas Durst (born 1944), New York real estate investor and developer
• Fred Durst (born 1970), singer from American metal band Limp Bizkit
• Joseph Durst (died 1974), American real estate developer
• Matthias Durst (1815-1875), Austrian violinist and composer
• Mose Durst (born 1939), author, educator, and former national president of the Unification Church
• Nora Durst, a character in The Leftovers TV series
• Richard Durst (born 1945), president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio
• Robert Durst (born 1943), millionaire accused and acquitted of murder
• Seymour Durst (1913-1995), inventor of the National Debt Clock
• Stephanie Durst (born 1982), American sprinter
• Will Durst (born 1952), American political satirist