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cost

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cost, es; m.
Condition, mode
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  • Getíðode hé ðæs . . . ðæs costes ðe (

    on condition that

    ) heó ðis gelǽste,
      Cht. Th. 540, 34.
  • Ǽnigum coste

    ullo modo,

      Rtl. 113, 34.
  • Unásæccendlicum costum

    ineffabilibus modis,

      108, 27.
  • Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, and hé lufe geceóse

    where a thane has two ways of settlement open to him, by amicable agreement or by appeal to law, and he choose the former,

      Ll. Th. i. 298, 5.
Etymology
[From Scandinavian, Icel. kostr. Goth. kustus trial. v. N. E. D. cost.]
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  • cost, n.