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lit.
a foster-child
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  • Fóstorcild

    alumnum, seruum,

      Germ. 391, 48.
  • Ic eom untýmende; nim míne þínene tó þínum bedde, þæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre,

      Gen. 16, 2.
  • Hér synd þá cnihtas ... þíne fóstercyld,

      Hml. S. 2, 243.
fig.
of a disciple, scholar, &c.
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  • Hé (

    St. Martin

    ) sǽde his gyngrum þæt hé sceolde gewítan. Hí hine befrinon: 'Hwí forlǽtst þú, fæder, ðíne fóstercild?,'
      Hml. Th. ii. 516, 20.
of a provincial in his relation to Rome
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  • Æfter menniscum gebyrde ic eom Hispanienscis, Rómánisc fóstorcild,

      Hml. Th. i. 428, 22.
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