malison
Example Sentences
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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.
From Time Magazine Archive
I apologised to Glasgow, inwardly confounding the eminent Scotch littérateur who had assured me that Glasgow was the most loathsome den north of Tweed, almost the only such den,—his malison upon Glasgow!
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
But as to Pertolepe, a malison on him! he is not yet to die, meseemeth.
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
She's ta'en the keys intill her hand, And threw them deep, deep in the sea; "Lie there wi' my sad malison, 40 Till my gude lord return to me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Many of these are dying words like bide, dight, blithe, malison, vengeance, and since these are still spoken in other classes, it might be less difficult to restore them to educated speech.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English
