| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | dhers- |
| DEFINITION: | To venture, be bold. O-grade form *dhors- and zero-grade form *dh s-. dare, durst, from Old English dearr and durst, first and third person singular present and past indicative of durran, to venture, respectively from Germanic *dors- and *durs-. (Pokorny dhers- 259.) |
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