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Cursit, Curst, ppl. a. Also: curs(s)yt, curssit, -ed, curseit; coursit. [ME. cursed, -id, cursd (c 1300), f. curs Curs v.] Cursed, accursed; subjected to cursing: a. Of persons (or animals).(a) 1398 Acts I. 211/1.
Cursit men, heretikis, … at the requeste of the kyrke to restreygne a1500 Henr. Fab. 1233.
This cursit court … For this fals doig pronuncit the sentence c1475 Wall. v. 569.
Thar Hesylryg dwelt, that curssyt knycht to waill c1515 Asl. MS. I. 197/24.
To mak ȝow till wnderstand ȝour awne vnhappynes and cursit lynnage a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 521.
Conspiratour, cursit cokatrice, nell caa c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 137.
I schryue me of all cursit cumpany 1540 Acts II. 357/1.
The act maid vpoun cursit folkis c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5747.
Cursit kyng Herode … With mony vther cairfull kyng 1567 G. Ball. 175.
Ane cursit fox lay hid in rox 1570 Sat. P. xxi. 6.
The mark that God gaif in his grief To Cains cursit kin(b) c1420 Wynt. vi. 5.
The nynd [yere] off this curst empryowre Leo c1515 Asl. MS. I. 301/10.
This Enoch was … preservit to discend contrar the curst Antecrist a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 308.
Belzebubbis oyis, and curst Corspatrikis clan Ib. 323. 1535 Stewart 57613.
Ane cankerit captane till ane curst menȝie 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3284.
For thair is nocht, vnder the lift, Ane curster cors c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 101.
The curst contemnaris of the treuth a1578 Pitsc. I. 123/19.
Ane companie of mischevous curst lymmeris

b. Of things, actions, conditions, etc. a1500 Henr. Fab. 650.
Our cursit craft full mony man mischeuis c1475 Wall. iv. 744.
That I was maide, wa worthe the coursit cas c1515 Asl. MS. I. 197.
Schawand … part of thar ewill & cursit governance c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 54.
Sic cursit chance till eschew had I my chois anis 1513 Doug. iii. i. 104.
O cursyt hungyr of this wrachit gold Ib. xi. vi. 81.
That weirfar and cursyt chevalry 1536 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 402.
Gif I be cursit, I sall do ane cursit deid c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4949.
Ane curssit coue, corrupt with couatyce c1550 Rolland C. Venus ii. 454.
I pray thé … thow wald … me denuid of this curst cummerance 1562-3 Winȝet II. 20/27.
The cursit fuilhardines of ane man Ib. 66/20.
The fraude of a curseit erroure a1578 Pitsc. I. 146/9.
For the quhilk damptnabill and cursit abuse he witht his … familie were all brunt 1596 Dalr. II. 173/23.
A curst combat is begun … for the authoritie and balȝerie of Fife