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Old English Dictionary Entry

Fóstor-módor

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1 fóstor-módor

f. A foster-mother; altrix :-- Ðæs mǽdenes fóstormódor into ðam búre eóde the maiden's foster-mother went into the chamber, Apol. Th. 2, 7, 11. 12, 15, 19, 23: Nar. 40, 7.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛋᛏᚩᚱ-ᛗᚩᛞᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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