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ge-costian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to try, prove, test
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  • Ðá aeláruuas cunnedon ł gecostadon ( temtantes ) hine,

    • Mk. L. 10, 2.

  • Ðis cwæð ðæt gicostade hine,

    • Jn. R.L. 6, 6.

  • Éghwelc mið fýre sié gicostad,

    • Mk. R. 9, 49
(1 a)
to try with inducements to evil, to tempt :--
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  • ꝥte hé woere gecostad ł gecunned (temtaretur) from diáble,

    • Mt. L. 4, 1.

  • Gecosted (-ad,R.),

    • Lk. L. 4, 2: Rtl. 91, 7.

  • Gúdlác gecostad wearð,

    • Gú. 124.
to try, vex, afflict
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  • Cnæht mín mið yfle is gecunned ł gecosted

    puer meus male torquetur,

    • Mt. L. 8, 6.

  • Ðá ðe gecosted wéron ( uexabantur ) from gástum unclǽnum,

    • Lk. L. 6, 18.
to prove, shew to be good
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  • ꝥte him gicuoeme ðǽm hine gicostade

    ut ei placeat cui se probavit,

    • Rtl. 60, 13.

  • Gicostia and ædeáwa

    comprobet ac manifestet,

    • 100, 28.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-costian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/47516.

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