fosterfather

"He was truly the faithful and prudent servant," says St. Bernard, [2] "whom our Lord appointed the master of his household, the comfort and support of his mother, his fosterfather, and most faithful co-operator to the execution of his deepest counsels on earth."

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Sigmund, dying, left the fragments of the sword to be given to his unborn son, and Sigurd's fosterfather

The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 L. Winifred Faraday

_Hilding_ was a yeoman or bonde (see note, canto 2: 1) of Sogn in Norway and fosterfather of Fritiof and Ingeborg.

Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

And it chanced that amongst them, spied he Klerkon who had slain his fosterfather Thorolf Louse-Beard.

The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) 1179-1241 Snorri Sturluson 1210

I freed my fosterfather Elphin that day, but the deed came back to haunt me for, when at last I wearied of the road and longed to settle down in the only homeland I knew as my own, Maelgyn had his druids M - Nm~r bind me and cast me, my harp and my dog and all, adrift on the sea. "

Moonheart De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1990

He interrupts a sacrifice which his fosterfather is offering to Indra and says, "We have neither fields nor houses: we wander about happily wherever we list, travelling in our waggons.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896