Obs. [Early southern ME. cüre:—OE. cyre: see KIRE.] = KIRE, choice.
c. 1000. in Thorpe’s Hom., I. 112. God forʓeaf him aʓenne cyre.
c. 1205. Lay., 6171. And æfter cure heo him ȝeuen Þreo hundred ȝisles. Ibid., 8077. Ten þusend monen Þet wes þe bezste cure Of al Brut-londe.
a. 1300. K. Horn (Ritson), 1446. The ship bigon to sture With wynd god of cure.
