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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1501-1513, 1577-1630
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Curser, n. Also: cursere, cuirser. [Variant of Courser(e.] = Cursour n.1 c1420 Wynt. ii. 52.
Scho … lape apon a cursere syne, And to the towne … scho rade c1420 Ib. iii. 758 (C).
Hawkkys, hundis and curseris 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 425.
I saw … , Vpon a bardit curser stout and bald, Mars, god of strife 1513 Doug. xi. x. 16.
As sum tyme dois the curser start and ryn, That brokkyn hes his band a1578 Pitsc. I. 205/3.
The said lord Dawid rydand … wpoun ane great gray curser 1630 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III. 607.
The great curser lying abone himattrib. 1628 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXIII. 266.
Ane gray beld cuirser naig
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