Old English · noun
fostormodor
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈfoːs.torˌmo.dor/
- Syllables
- ˈfoːs · tor · ˌmo · dor (4 syllables)
Meaning
foster mother
Đā ġewearþ hit þæt þǣs mǣdenes fōstormōdor intō þām būre ēode, ⁊ ġesēah hī ðār sittan on miċelre ġedrefednesse, ⁊ hire cwæð tō, "Hwiġ eart þū hlæfdiġe swā ġedrefedes mōdes?"
It happened that the girl's foster mother came into the room and saw her sitting full of confusion, and said to her "Lady, why are you so troubled of mind?."
The Anglo-Saxon version of the story of Apollonius of Tyre
Etymology
From fōstor (“food”) + modor (“mother”)
Descendants
foster mother
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