There is a 'curse' on that old house. = That old house is under a 'curse'.
She angrily 'cursed' him [=swore at him] as he turned and walked away.
I heard him utter a 'curse' before the microphone was shut off.
(..) You want to wreck this ship, too? Ragnar. Where's Ragnar? At the bottom of the fjord. Curse of Odin on that slave! If I have to cross the Poison Sea... I'll find him. I swear it. By the sacred blood of Odin. (..)1958 The Vikings
(..) If Odin willed that Eric should die... Thor's hammer would sound his death knell. But the sky is silent. The curse of Odin waits on him... who kills the slave. Then no man shall kill him. Let the tide of the sea do it! Bind him! Cast him into (..)1958 The Vikings