beshrew

To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.

Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit.

I had expected to freeze her young – or, rather, middle-aged – blood and have her perm stand on end like quills upon the fretful porpentine, and she hadn't moved a muscle. “Beshrew me,” I said, “you take it pretty calmly.”

An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.

Beshrew your heart, fair daughter!

R[oderico] D[’Avolos]. Beſhrevv my heart, but that’s not ſo good. / Duke [Phillippo Caraffa, Duke of Pavy]. Ha, vvhat’s that thou miſlik’ſt D'auolos?