fostor

Old English

Alternative forms

fēster, fōster, fōstur

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfoːs.tor/

Noun

fōstor n

fostering, nourishing, rearing, feeding
food, nourishment, provisions

Declension

Declension of fostor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fōstor	fōstru
accusative	fōstor	fōstru
genitive	fōstres	fōstra
dative	fōstre	fōstrum

Derived terms

fōstorbearn (“foster child”)
fōstorbrōþor (“foster brother”)
fōstorfæder (“foster father, nourisher”)
fōstorland (“land assigned for the procuring of provisions”)
fōstorling (“foster child, fosterling”)
fōstorlēan (“remuneration for raising a foster child”)
fōstormann (“foster man, bondsman, security”)
fōstormōdor (“foster mother”)
fōstornōþ (“pasturage, pasture”)
fōstorsweostor (“foster sister”)
fōstorċild (“foster child”)
fōstre (“fosterer, nurse”)
fōstrian (“to foster, nourish”)
fōstring (“native, disciple”)

Descendants

Middle English: foster, fostre, voster; fostær; forster

English: foster
Scots: foster

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fōstor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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