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from The Century Dictionary.
- Another spelling of
kersen , variant ofchristen . Seechristen .
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Examples
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Abaat a year after, when they wor baan to cursen th 'babby, Mabel's father wor ax'd to th' ceremony.
Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877
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But, Sir, my Grandmother wou'd never own me, if I should change the cursen Name she gave me with her own hands, an't please your Worship.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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Must watch this video to know - Why shia cursen (Do Lahnut bayshumaar) on some so called sahaba (which were munafiqeen infact) Watch this video to know how did they treat DAUGHTER OF
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Now, sir, I thinking that a little would serve his turn, bad him take as much as he would for three farthings: so he presently gave me my [206] money and fell to eating; and, as I am a cursen [207] man, he never left eating till he had eat up all my load of hay.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Christopher Marlowe 1578
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Must watch this video to know - Why shia cursen (Do
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-- Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.] [Footnote 207: cursen: i.e. christened.] [Footnote 208: some quality: So 4to 1616. -- 2tos 1624, 1631, "some RARE quality."] [Footnote 209: rid: So 4to 1616. -- 2tos 1624, 1631, "ride."] [Footnote 210: that enchanted castle in the air: This is not mentioned in the earlier play: but see THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Chap xl,
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Christopher Marlowe 1578
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