durstn't

Meanings

verb

alternative dursn't · alternative dursen't

abbreviationarchaiccontractionliteraryContraction of durst + not.
1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter XI: A Knife In The Dark I durstn't go outside this dell for any money; I felt that something was creeping up the slope.
Synonyms: daredn't

From durst + not.

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