Fóster-land
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fóster-land
According to the Old English Dictionary:
fóstor-land, es;
- fóster-land
- n. FOSTER-LAND, land assigned for the procuring of provisions; fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus :-- He gean [MS. geun] ðæs landes æt Wihtríces hamme ðám Godes þeówum, to fósterlande he gives the land at Wittersham to God's servants, as foster-land, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1032; 329, 27. Se cyning ðæt land geaf into Cristes cyrcean ðan híréde to fósterlande the king gave the land to Christchurch as foster-land for the convent, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1052; 368, 17. foster-land