He refuses to go against his foster-son Cuchulainn. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
Russia, and the son of the king was his foster-son. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian] Reference
"At the hand of Hauskuld, my foster-son," says Njal. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
"And yet her foster-son, the king, has often sent for her.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference
Then he sent his foster-son with a message to his daughter. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Icelandic Short Stories] Reference
On looking round him, he saw no one but his foster-son, and. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian] Reference
D.NIEL EVANS, B.D. I got a foster-son, whose name was Love. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetry of Wales] Reference
"You can take me into the clan as ... well, as your foster-son.". From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Hauskuld, his foster-son, and said, "I would seek thee a match.". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
In vain he had asked every one to tell him where his foster-son Alec. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Conchobar: son of Cathba the druid, and of Ness, and foster-son of Fachtna. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge] Reference
He did not remember the appointment with his foster-son who was following him. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
So the end of the matter was, that Hauskuld fared home with Njal as his foster-son. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Thermuthis 'foster-son -- the Hebrew Mesu, whom she found adrift in a basket on Nilus. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Elrond receives him as foster-son and gives him the name Estel (Hope); his ancestry is concealed. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
Tzaritza with her foster-son followed in Peggy's wake, Tzaritza sniffing inquiringly at the saddle. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
Her heart, perhaps, fixed itself almost with almost a warmer love on Frank Gresham, her foster-son. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Thorne] Reference
After a week of suffering, the brave knight expired in the arms of his foster-son, February 24, 1570. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
And he told his foster-son all, how he was not his father, but had taken him to nourish at Merlin's request. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
The next fragment brings Regin and Sigurd together, and the smith takes the young Volsung for his foster-son. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13] Reference
The Hawkbrothers Moondance and Starwind, and their foster-son Brightstar were the ones that had helped him the most. From Wordnik.com. [Magic's Price]
Midian at the time, and his share was left with Shaemus, then the heir, to be given over to the foster-son when he should return. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
It was good to see tomorrow's generation of clansmen testing their mettle, and his son Draig and foster-son Gwalchmai were among them. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk Eternal]
Quijada's wife lived with her foster-son Geronimo. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Blomberg — Complete] Reference
He was the foster-son of Bui, and his forecastle man. From Wordnik.com. [The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)] Reference
"The times are evil, dear foster-son," said the good Hilding. From Wordnik.com. [Northland Heroes] Reference
Certainly the foster-son who would show disrespect to Leif the. From Wordnik.com. [The Thrall of Leif the Lucky] Reference
"You grasp your weapon by the wrong end, foster-son," he retorted. From Wordnik.com. [The Thrall of Leif the Lucky] Reference
When 18 years old, the foster-son saved the life of Lord Randolph. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference
Moreover Harald Eirikson is my foster-son and hath sat on my knee. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)] Reference
The colonel was placed in a chamber adjoining that of his foster-son, and Rosebel and. From Wordnik.com. [An Undivided Union] Reference
Then answered the King that it would be called of foul intent to betray his foster-son. From Wordnik.com. [The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)] Reference
"Good heavens!" cried she, "is it, is it, -- yes, it is my young master, my own foster-son!". From Wordnik.com. [The Disowned — Complete] Reference
Without turning his head, Leif answered shortly, "I am attending to my steering, foster-son.". From Wordnik.com. [The Thrall of Leif the Lucky] Reference
Thorlogh, son of Teigue, was the foster-son, and at this time the guest or hostage of Dermid of. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1] Reference
Tyrker stroked his beard, with an-other sidelong glance at his foster-son, as he said, cautiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Thrall of Leif the Lucky] Reference
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