"costian" meaning in Old English

See costian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkos.ti.ɑn/
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 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (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. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*ǵews-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kostōn}} Proto-West Germanic *kostōn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kustōną}} Proto-Germanic *kustōną, {{cog|osx|kostōn||to try, tempt}} Old Saxon kostōn (“to try, tempt”), {{cog|goh|kostōn||to taste, test, try by tasting}} Old High German kostōn (“to taste, test, try by tasting”), {{cog|de|kosten}} German kosten, {{cog|is|kosta||to try, tempt}} Icelandic kosta (“to try, tempt”), {{cog|got|𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽||to taste}} Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to taste”), {{cog|ang|cost||option, possibility; manner, condition}} Old English cost (“option, possibility; manner, condition”), {{cog|ang|cystan||to spend, get the value of, procure}} Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”), {{cog|ang|cyst||proof, test, trial; choice}} Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} costian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|costian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], costian [infinitive], costienne [infinitive], costiġe [first-person, present, singular], costode [first-person, past, singular], costast [present, second-person, singular], costodest [past, second-person, singular], costaþ [present, singular, third-person], costode [past, singular, third-person], costiaþ [plural, present], costodon [past, plural], costiġe [present, singular], costode [past, singular], costiġen [plural, present], costoden [past, plural], costa [imperative, past, present, singular], costiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], costiende [imperative, present], costod [imperative, past], ġecostod [imperative, past]
  1. try, tempt
    Sense id: en-costian-ang-verb-neF0kooc
  2. prove
    Sense id: en-costian-ang-verb-Utq-w1YF Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 10 78 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 53 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 71 18
  3. examine
    Sense id: en-costian-ang-verb-zLJh1D3M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: costnian, costiġan Derived forms: costere, costiġend, costung, forecostian, ġecostian Related terms: cost (english: tried, proven) [adjective], cost (english: choice, possibility; manner, condition) [noun], ġecost

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "costere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "costiġend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "costung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forecostian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġecostian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "costnen",
            "3": "costnien"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: costnen, costnien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: costnen, costnien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "costen"
          },
          "expansion": "English: costen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: costen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kostōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kostōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kustōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kustōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "kostōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to try, tempt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon kostōn (“to try, tempt”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "kostōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to taste, test, try by tasting"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kostōn (“to taste, test, try by tasting”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "kosten"
      },
      "expansion": "German kosten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kosta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to try, tempt"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kosta (“to try, tempt”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to taste"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to taste”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cost",
        "3": "",
        "4": "option, possibility; manner, condition"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cost (“option, possibility; manner, condition”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cystan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to spend, get the value of, procure"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cyst",
        "3": "",
        "4": "proof, test, trial; choice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecostod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "costian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "costian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "tried, proven",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "cost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "choice, possibility; manner, condition",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "cost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġecost"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "try, tempt"
      ],
      "id": "en-costian-ang-verb-neF0kooc",
      "links": [
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "tempt",
          "tempt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 66 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 78 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 53 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 71 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prove"
      ],
      "id": "en-costian-ang-verb-Utq-w1YF",
      "links": [
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "examine"
      ],
      "id": "en-costian-ang-verb-zLJh1D3M",
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkos.ti.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "costnian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "costiġan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "costian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English links with redundant target parameters",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵews-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "costere"
    },
    {
      "word": "costiġend"
    },
    {
      "word": "costung"
    },
    {
      "word": "forecostian"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġecostian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "costnen",
            "3": "costnien"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: costnen, costnien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: costnen, costnien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "costen"
          },
          "expansion": "English: costen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: costen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kostōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kostōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kustōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kustōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "kostōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to try, tempt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon kostōn (“to try, tempt”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "kostōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to taste, test, try by tasting"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kostōn (“to taste, test, try by tasting”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "kosten"
      },
      "expansion": "German kosten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kosta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to try, tempt"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kosta (“to try, tempt”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to taste"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to taste”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cost",
        "3": "",
        "4": "option, possibility; manner, condition"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cost (“option, possibility; manner, condition”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cystan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to spend, get the value of, procure"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cyst",
        "3": "",
        "4": "proof, test, trial; choice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "costod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecostod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "costian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "costian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "tried, proven",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "cost"
    },
    {
      "english": "choice, possibility; manner, condition",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "cost"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġecost"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "try, tempt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "tempt",
          "tempt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prove"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "examine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkos.ti.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "costnian"
    },
    {
      "word": "costiġan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "costian"
}

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