FÓSTER
- noun [ neuter ]
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Ic gegaderige in to ðé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne gemacan, ðæt hí eft to fóstre beón
I will gather in to thee mates of beast-kind and of bird-kind, that they afterwards may be for food,
- Homl. Th. i. 20, 35.
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Be fundenes cildes fóstre. To fundenes cildes fóstre ðý forman geáre geselle vi scillinga, ðý æfterran twelf, ðý þriddan xxx; siððan, be his wlite
of the fostering of a foundling [lit. of a found child]. Let six shillings be paid for the fostering of a foundling for the first year, twelve for the second, thirty for the third; afterwards, according to its appearance,
- L. In. 26 ;
- Th. i. 118, 17-20: 38 ;
- Th. i. 126, 5.
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Mon sceal sellan, to fóstre, x fata hunies, ccc hláfa, etc.
one shall give, as provisions, ten vats of honey, three hundred loaves, etc.
- L. In. 70 ;
- Th. i. 146, 16.
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He gecýðde hwæðer he mǽnde ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman
he made known whether he meant the feeding of the mind or of the body;
pastiōnem cordis an corpŏris suādēret, apĕruit,
- Past. 18, 6 ;
- Hat. MS. 27 a, 21.
Bosworth, Joseph. “FÓSTER.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12050.
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