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fóster

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
Dele first passage, and add:
food, nourishment, sustenance
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  • Sió lifer is blódes timber and blódes hús and fóstor,

    • Lch. ii. 198, 2.

  • Seó sóðe lufu is þǽre sáwle fóstor,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 428, 38.

  • Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres,

    • Wlfst. 125, 11.

  • Wǽron earme men besyrwde æt fóstre,

    • 158, 31.

  • Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan,

    • Past. 263, 17.

  • Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster

    terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert,

    • 335, 11.

  • Fóster

    alimoniam,

    • An. Ox. 3863.
feeding, giving food
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  • His discipuli woldon þæt folc fédan, ac hí næfdon mid hwám; se Hǽlend hæfde þone gódan willan tó ðám fóstre, and þá mihte tó ðǽre fremminge,

    • Hml. Th. i. 184, 22.
bringing up, fostering.
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Cf. fédan; I. 5
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  • Wǽron þá æþelingas befæste Egcbrihte tó fóstre,

    • Lch. iii. 424, 12.

  • Hé eftwunade from his fóstre (? the MS. has fost with a curl over the o. v. note, p. 249)

    he remained behind out of the care of his parents (?);

    remansit a suis,

    • Lk. p. 4, 4.
bringing forth progeny.
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Cf. fédan; III
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  • Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symble gemacan, þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón (cf. ut salvetur semen super faciem terrae,

    • Gen. 7, 3
    ),

    • Hml. Th. i. 20, 35.
Etymology
[
v. N.E.D. foster.
]
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v. túdor-fóster.
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Citation

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/46185.

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