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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cursing, vbl. n. Also: cursyng, cwrsinge, curssing, courssyng; cursyn(e, -ine, -ene. [Early ME. cursinge, -unge, OE. cursung.]
1. Ecclesiastical cursing; excommunication.(a) c1420 Wynt. ii. 1087.
Achor … ran in sentens off courssyng, For that he stal and brak byddyng Ib. vi. 1389.
The Legate … Assolyhyd hym off all cursyng 1456 Hay I. 75/16.
The quhilk king … gert the said pape forbede, under payne of cursing, that nane [etc.] a1500 Henr. Fab. 1149.
Under the panis of hie suspensioun, Of greit cursing, and interdictioun c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 21/14.
Thocht the pap wald charge the confessour under the pane of cursing … , he suld nocht do it c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 82.
Thy teind to pay, and cursing to eschew 1525 Acts II. 297.
Quhen ony … liegis sustenis dampnablie the said horrible sentence of cursing for the space of xl dais, quharvpon capcioun aucht to be gevin be the law 1546 Treas. Acc. IX. 35.
For copying of the gret cursing rasit upon Normound Leslie and Laird of Grange and thair complicis for the slauchter of my lord Cardinall 1554 Grant Chart. 114.
[To] fynd sufficient cautione … onder the panis of cwrsinge 1562-3 Winȝet II. 63/7.
Simon the weche, quha wes strukin be the Apostolis cursing a1578 Pitsc. I. 54/6.
He … led upoun [him] ane sentance of curssing for his contemptioun of the censouris of hallie kirk(b) 1466 Acta Aud. 4/2.
Becausse the said Margret is vnder processe and sentence of cursin 1522 Ib. MS. XXXIII. 3.
The said Wylȝem hes optenit letteris of cursyn & thaireftir capcion aganis ws 1531 Bell. Boece II. 109.
Colmane … assoilyeit him first of the cursin 1546 Montgomery Mem. 140.
To be monist vicissim vnder the panes of cursene 1548 St. A. Baxter Bks. 4.
To be akkit in the officialis beukis … onder the payne of cursyne nocht to tak ane prentis for the space of xii ȝeris
2. A curse, imprecation.a1578 Pitsc. II. 60/18.
He tuik out ane roll … full of curssingis, maliedictiouns, and wordis of dewilsche dispyte
