durran

modal v/i 3^rd pres dearr/durron past dorste ptp gedorren to dare, venture, presume (+ infinitive); [durran is the fourth of twelve Anglo-Saxon verbs, called preterite-present, and given under ágan. The infinitive durran and the present dearr/durron, retaining preterite inflections, are taken from the past tense of the verb, ascertained from dear/durron, which shows the ablaut or internal change of the vowel in the past tense of the twelfth class of Grimm's division of strong verbs, and requires by analogy with other verbs of the same class the infinitive deorran = deorsan [Goth. daursan] and the past participle dorren. Thus we find the original verb deorran = deorsan, past dear/durron, and past participle dorren. The weak past dorste/dorston [= durste/durston], is formed regularly from the infinitive durran = dursan.]