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Etymology
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Origin and Etymology of the word
CURSE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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CURSE,
to imprecate evil upon. (E.; perhaps Scand.,—L.)
M. E. cursien, cursen, corsen. 'This cursed
crone;' Chaucer, C. T. 4853; 'this cursed dede;' id.
4854. The sb. is curs, Chaucer, C. T. Prol. 663.—A.
S. cursian, A. S. Chron. an. 1137; where the compound pp. forcursæd
also occurs. The A. S. sb. is curs;
Bosworth. β. Remoter origin is unknown; perhaps
originally Scandinavian, and due to a particular use of Swed. korsa,
Dan. korse, to make the sign of the cross, from Swed. and Dan.
kors,
a cross, a corruption of Icel. kross, a cross, and derived from O.
F. crois; see Cross. Der.
curs-ed, curs-er.
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