Participles
| Present | costiende |
| Past | (ġe)costod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | costiġe |
| 2nd sing. | costast |
| 3rd sing. | costaþ |
| 1st plur. | costiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | costiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | costiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | costode |
| 2nd sing. | costodest |
| 3rd sing. | costode |
| 1st plur. | costodon |
| 2nd plur. | costodon |
| 3rd plur. | costodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | costiġe |
| 2nd sing. | costiġe |
| 3rd sing. | costiġe |
| 1st plur. | costiġen |
| 2nd plur. | costiġen |
| 3rd plur. | costiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | costode |
| 2nd sing. | costode |
| 3rd sing. | costode |
| 1st plur. | costoden |
| 2nd plur. | costoden |
| 3rd plur. | costoden |
Imperative
| Singular | costa |
| Plural | costiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'costian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'costian'
costnian,
botian,
cnossian,
cocnian,
colian,
copian,
cystan,
gystian,
losian,
motian,
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. See: Proto-Germanic '
*kustōną', German, old spelling '
kosten', Icelandic '
kosta', Old English '
cystan'.
Verbs referencing "costian"
English
costen, English
cast about.
Sample Sentences
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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.)
Cognates
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