Old English Dictionary Entry

Fóstor-ling

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 fóstor-ling

m. A fosterling, foster-child; ălumnus, verna, vernŭla :-- Fósterling vernŭla, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 103; Wrt. Voc. 18, 53. Inberdling vel fósterling verna vel vernācŭlus, 86; Som. 74, 34; Wrt. Voc. 50, 17. [Laym. fosterling.] fostor-ling

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛋᛏᚩᚱ-ᛚᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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