fostor

== Old English == === Alternative forms === fēster, fōster, fōstur === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoːs.tor/ === Noun === fōstor n fostering, nourishing, rearing, feeding food, nourishment, provisions ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: foster, fostre, voster, fostær, forsterEnglish: fosterScots: foster === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fōstor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.