Middle English Dictionary Entry
durst n.
Entry Info
| Forms | durst n. |
| Etymology | From OE dyrstig adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Rashness.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)30 : Some lepe oute at the wyndows wyth grete durst, And fyllen adown fro so hye that here nekkys tobrost.