"costning" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English costning, costnunge, from Old English costnung (“temptation, testing, trial, tribulation”), from Old English costnian, variant of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”), equivalent to cost + -ing. Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). Related to choose. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|costning}} Middle English costning, {{m|enm|costnunge}} costnunge, {{inh|en|ang|costnung|t=temptation, testing, trial, tribulation}} Old English costnung (“temptation, testing, trial, tribulation”), {{der|en|ang|costnian}} Old English costnian, {{der|en|ang|costian|t=to tempt, try, prove, examine}} Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kustōną|t=to try, taste}} Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵews-|t=to enjoy, taste}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”), {{suffix|en|cost|ing}} cost + -ing, {{cog|de|kosten||to taste}} German kosten (“to taste”), {{l|en|choose}} choose Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} costning
  1. (UK dialectal) Temptation. Tags: UK, dialectal Related terms: cost, costen
    Sense id: en-costning-en-noun-Z9psB5Up Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing

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