Obs. [OE., f. costnian = costian to tempt: see COSTEN v.1] Temptation.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. vi. 13. Ne ʓelæd þu us on costnunge [Lindisf. in costunge].
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 67. Ne led us noht in to costnunga.
a. 1200. St. Neot, in Anglia, III. 108. His feondes attriʓe wæpnen ðæt sind costnungen.
