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costnung

(n.)
Grammar
costnung, costung, costing, e; f. [costnian, costian to tempt, try]

A temptationtryingtrialtribulation tentatioprobatiotribulatio

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Micle costnunge ge gesáwon tentationes magnas viderunt oculi tui Deut. 29, 3. Drecþ se deófol mancynn mid mislícum costnungum the devil vexes mankind with various temptations Boutr. Scrd. 19, 44.

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costnung

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'Ne geðafa þæt wé beón gelǽdde on costnunge.' Óðer is costnung, óðer is fandung. . . . Þurh ðá fandunge hé sceal geðeón, gif hé þám costnungum wiðstent, Hml. Th. i. 268, 6-19.

costnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
costnung-stów, e; f.
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A place of temptation On þǽre costnung*-*stówe in loco tentationis, Deut. 6, 16

costung

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costung

(n.)
Grammar
costung, e; f.

A temptationtrying tentatiotribulatio

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A temptation, trying; tentatio, tribulatio Ex. 17, 7; Ps. Spl. 94, 8; Deut. 9, 22; Ps. Th. 114, 4

costing

(n.)

a temptation

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a temptation Exon. 33a; Th. 104, 18; Gú. 9

ofer-costung

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-costung, e; f.
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Excessive trial Gié habbað in middangeorde ofercostung (pressuram), Jn. L. 16, 33

ge-costung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-costung, e; f.

Tribulationtrialtribulatio

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Tribulation, trial; tribulatio, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 24

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níd-costing

(n.)
Grammar
níd-costing, e; f.

A distressing trialaffliction

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A distressing trial, affliction Nearwum genǽged nýdcostingum, Exon. Th. 171. 14; Gú. 1126

æfstnung

(n.)
Grammar
æfstnung,
  • Hpt. Gl. 436, 32
(æstnung,
  • MS. v. Angl. vi. 99
  • )
.

costnung,

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1. costnung, cf. An. Ox. 1260

þancfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þancfullíce, adv.
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Thankfully, gratefully Ðá ongeat Eustachius ðæt seó foresǽde costnung him ðá æt wæs, and þancfullíce hí underféng, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 144

fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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Add: trial, testing Óðer is costnung, óðer is fandung.

wǽpned-hád

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Hé fram þǽre costnunge wearð swá fremde swilce hé þone wǽpnedhád on his líchaman næfde ( ac si sextum non haberet in corpore), Gr. D. 26, 30. Add

un-gewiss

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Ungewiss for costnunge per tentalionem imperita, 265, 9. Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes, 264, 10

un-lust

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un-lust, <b>. II.</b>
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. , . witodlíce of þǽre tîde seó costnung þæs unlustes (synlustes, v.l.) wæs gewyld on him voluptatem traxit in dolorem . . . Ex quo videlicet tempore in eo est tentatio voluptatis edomita, Gr. D. 101, 22-30

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian.
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Gé wǽron forþyldiende costnunga, Hml. S. 30, 446

wraxlian

(v.)
Grammar
wraxlian, p. ode

To wrestle

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Ic wæs on unmǽtutn costnungum winnende and wraxligeude, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 578. Wraxliendum luctando. Germ. 389, 91. Pleglícum ł wræxliendum palaestricis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 6

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gyltig

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Gif heora hwilc mid deófles costnunge beswicen for Gode oþþe for worulde gyltig biþ, Lch. iii. 442, 35. Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ wiþ Gode oþþe wiþ men, 444, 6

stów

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Th. i. 98, 28. v. andfeng-, burn-, cenning-, costnung-, den-, gebed-, gebeorg-, gecwed-, gemynd-, geþing-, hege- (not heg-)

oftrǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Deófol hine oftrǽdlíce mid mænigfealdum costnungum costnode, Hml. A. 195, 18. Add