| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek kosta | 1pl | vér kostum | 1sg | ek kosta | 1pl | vér kostim |
| 2sg | þú kostar | 2pl | þér kostið | 2sg | þú kostir | 2pl | þér kostið |
| 3sg | hon kostar | 3pl | þau kosta | 3sg | hon kosti | 3pl | þau kosti |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek kostaða | 1pl | vér kostuðum | 1sg | ek kostaða | 1pl | vér kostaðim |
| 2sg | þú kostaðir | 2pl | þér kostuðuð | 2sg | þú kostaðir | 2pl | þér kostaðið |
| 3sg | hon kostaði | 3pl | þau kostuðu | 3sg | hon kostaði | 3pl | þau kostaði |
| preterite infinitive | kostuðu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | kostuð | m. | kostaðr | n. | kostat | |
| imperative | 2sg | kosta | 1pl | kostum | 2pl | kostið | |
Senses except “cost; pay”: PG *kustōną, OE costian, costnian 2, ME costnien “test; tempt,” German kosten “taste”; further Latin gustāre “taste.” Derives from the noun PG *kustuz, ON kostr, OE, ME cost, which in turn derives from PG *keusaną, ON kjósa II “choose,” which see for cognates; further the Latin noun gustus “taste.” Senses “cost; pay”: Latin cōnstāre by way of Low German; cognates are ME costen, MnE cost, Dutch, German kosten.
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