Ge-costian

Según el Diccionario de Inglés Antiguo:

ge-costian

Add: (1) to try, prove, test :-- Ðá aeláruuas cunnedon l 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 :-- ꝥte hé woere gecostad l gecunned (temtaretur) from diáble, Mt. L. 4, 1. Gecosted (-ad, R.), Lk. L. 4, 2: Rtl. 91, 7. Gúdlác gecostad wearð, Gú. 124. (2) to try, vex, afflict :-- Cnæht mín mið yfle is gecunned l gecosted puer meus male torquetur, Mt. L. 8, 6. Ðá ðe gecosted wéron (uexabantur) from gástum unclǽnum, Lk. L. 6, 18. (3) to prove, shew to be good :-- ꝥte him gicuoeme ðǽm hine gicostade ut ei placeat cui se probavit, Rtl. 60, 13. Gicostia and ædeáwa comprobet ac manifestet, 100, 28. ge-costian