kostr

From Proto-Germanic *kustuz (“trial, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare with Latin gustus.

kostr m (genitive kostar, plural kostir)

1. choice, alternative

   mun ek engan kost á gøra

   I will give no choice in the matter

2. choice, terms

   hugsat hefi ek kostinn

   I have thought over the terms

3. choice, chance, opportunity
4. match
5. state, condition
6. cost, expense
7. means, victuals, provisions
8. food
9. board
10. stores, goods
11. good quality, good things

    segja kost ok lǫst á einhverju

    to tell both the good and the bad of something

12. virtue

• lǫstr (antonym(s) of “virtue”):

• afarkostr
• kostnaðr

• kjósa

• “kostr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press