Noun: cost
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | cost |
| Plural | costas |
Genitive
| Singular | costes |
| Plural | costa |
Dative
| Singular | coste |
| Plural | costum |
Accusative
| Singular | cost |
| Plural | costas |
Sample Sentences
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þæs costes þe (on the condition that)
Nouns inflected like cost
feohtling,
seoloþ,
seonoþ,
sacerd,
sleaht,
bealluc,
uprodor,
fugoloþ,
hoppsteort,
pearroc,
swiccræft,
penning,
mæssesang,
weorccræft,
tordwifel,
sandpytt,
discipul,
wyrmhord,
underling,
pundfald, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Germanic *kust-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”).
2. Akin to Old Saxon kostōn (“to try, tempt”), Old High German kostōn (“to taste, test, try by tasting”) (German kosten), Icelandic kosta (“to try, tempt”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kustus, “test”), Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”), Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”), ċēosan (“to choose”). See: German Nouns '
kosten', Icelandic Nouns '
kosta', Gothic Nouns '
𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃', Old English Nouns '
cystan', Old English Nouns '
cyst'.
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