A few years back, the Barony of Dun Carraig held an event -- I can't remember which one now -- at which the populace was given actual medieval curses (translated into English if necessary) on slips of paper, in case we wanted to use them. I grabbed some extras, and I found them recently while cleaning. Just for fun, I thought I would share them with my readers.
Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee. (from Macbeth)
Kerling! (Translation from Old Norse: "Old hag!")
Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets. (from Romeo and Juliet)
Mewling, notty-pated hedgepig! (Elizabethan)
Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon! (from The Life of Timon of Athens)
A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch, uncapable of pity, void and empty from any dram of mercy... (from The Merchant of Venice)
These curses are certainly not directed at my readers. I love my readers! I just aim to give people a thing or two to say when they get angry, besides today's modern F-word.
Of course, if you've got more period curses to add, please comment!
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