scorse

verb /skɔː(ɹ)s/

1. To barter or exchange.

   obsolete

   But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse […]

2. To chase.

   obsolete

   And from the citties to the townes him prest, And from the townes into the countrie forsed , And from the country back to private farmes he scorsed

   Him first from court he to the citties coursed,

Where it comes from

Compare Italian scorsa (“a course”), and English discourse.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry scorse (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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