A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1689
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Foster, n.2 Also: fostyr. [ME. foster, fostre, OE. -fóstre f., ON. fóstra f., fóstre m.] A fosterer. —1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 253.
Welcum fostyr of tendir herbys grene 1689 Stirling B. Rec. II. 335.
To the foster of the found bairne [£] 2
