Old English · adjective

cost

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /kost/
Syllables: kost (1 syllable)
Modern English: chosen option possibility proven tried excellent choice manner

cost1 · adjective

Senses

chosen, choice
tried, proven; excellent

Declension

Strong declension of cost
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cost	cost	cost
Accusative	costne	coste	cost
Genitive	costes	costre	costes
Dative	costum	costre	costum
Instrumental	coste	costre	coste
Plural
Nominative	coste	costa coste	cost
Accusative	coste	costa coste	cost
Genitive	costra	costra	costra
Dative	costum	costum	costum
Instrumental	costum	costum	costum

Weak declension of cost
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	costa	coste	coste
Accusative	costan	costan	coste
Genitive	costan	costan	costan
Dative	costan	costan	costan
Instrumental	costan	costan	costan
Plural
Nominative	costan	costan	costan
Accusative	costan	costan	costan
Genitive	costra costena	costra costena	costra costena
Dative	costum	costum	costum
Instrumental	costum	costum	costum

cost2 · noun · masculine

Senses

option, choice; possibility
condition, manner, way

þæs costes þe

on the condition that

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of cost
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cost	costas
Accusative	cost	costas
Genitive	costes	costa
Dative	coste	costum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kust-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old Saxon kostōn (“to try, tempt”), Old High German kostōn (“to taste, test, try by tasting”) (German kosten), Icelandic kosta (“to try, tempt”), Gothic (kustus, “test”), Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”), Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”), ċēosan (“to choose”).

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