单词 | fosterling |
释义 | fosterlingn. A foster-child, nursling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > foster-child fosterlingc1000 foster-childa1200 fosterc1275 nurryc1330 nurse-child1562 alum1683 dalt1775 rearling1832 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 170 Uerna, uel uernaculus, imberdling, uel fostorling. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14259 Þer weoren of-slaȝe..þa Bruttes alle of Arðures borde. and alle his fosterlinges. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne v. v. 40 Ile none of your light-Heart fosterlings, no Inmates, Suppositious fruits of an Host's braine..to be put vpon me. 1872 W. Morris Love is Enough (1873) 70 Bid farewell to thy fosterling while the life yet is in me. 1886 Sat. Rev. 20 Feb. 272 He has no special fosterling of his own, no pet theory for which he is bent on securing..recognition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000 |
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