kosta 2 “try”

“strive; exert oneself; expend unsparingly; injure; damage; tempt; cost; pay”

frequent

transitive (gen/dat/acc: differs by sense)

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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