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Cahursinus

Cahursinus , of Cahors, (hence) usurious, (sb.) usurer. s1235 invaluit ‥ Caursinorum pestis abominanda. ‥ circumveniebant enim in necessitatibus indigentes, usuram sub specie negotiationis palliantes M. Par. Maj. III 328 (cf. ib. 331: qui, ut verbo alludamus, vere Caursini, quasi causantes vel capientes et ursini nuncupantur); s1255 qui [Judei] ‥ ab emulis eorum ~is siccis lacrimis deplorabantur Ib. V 519; s1258 usure pestis Caorcina clam subrepens et furtim ignaros illaqueans Oxnead Chr. 217.

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