A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1558-1566
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Execrat(e, v. [e.m.E. execrate (1602), L. execrāt-, execrāre.] a. intr. To utter curses. b. tr. To make unholy. —1560 Dundee B. Laws 21.
To swear, blasphem, … or ban or execrat 1564 Ib. 30.
Whosomever beis apprehendit banning, execrating, swering, or blaspheming the name of God 1558-66 Knox I. 193.
The bastard Bischope, who yit was not execrated (consecrated thei call it)
