Old English · verb

costian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈkos.ti.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈkos · ti · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: try costen tempt

Meaning

try, tempt

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:13-14

And he was in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan; and he was with wild animals, and was served by angels.
prove
examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of costian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	costiġe	costode
2nd singular	costast	costodest
3rd singular	costaþ	costode
Plural	costiaþ	costodon
Subjunctive
Singular	costiġe	costode
Plural	costiġen	costoden

Non-finite forms of costian
	Form
Infinitive	costian
Inflected infinitive	costienne
Imperative singular	costa
Imperative plural	costiaþ
Present participle	costiende
Past participle	costod ġecostod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kostōn, from Proto-Germanic *kustōną. 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 (kausjan, “to taste”), Old English cost (“option, possibility; manner, condition”), Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”), Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”), ċēosan (“to choose”). More at choose.

Descendants

costen

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