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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1476-1581, 1638
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Fodder, Foder, n. Also: foddir, -dyr, fodir, foider, foldyr. [ME. fodder, foder, OE. fód(d)er, fód(d)or. See also Fother n.]
1. Fodder for cattle; straw.(a) 1476 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 62.
Cum … fodir et omnibus aliis … oneribus husbandorum 1490 Acts Lords Auditors 140/1.
Nyne hundreth … thraifis of foder … ; fifti dawerk of hay 1491 Acts Lords of Council 184/2.
Price of the boll of ber with the foider, viij s. 1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 220.
Payand thairfor [in meal, etc.] … with the haill foder to our guidis in Glenylay, extending to vijc victuall bye the foder 1563 Protocol Book of D. Gray 21.
All the cornis growand vpone the quarter landis, … viz. aitis, beir, rye, corne, and foldyr(b) 1503 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 47.
For the spoliacioun of xviijxx bollis of aitis with the foddir 1529 Master of Works Accounts I. 10 b.
Dauid Thomsone, kepare of the cart hors & furnessar of thair foddyr 1555 Protocol Book of T. Dalrymple 2.
He haid schorn … the corn & fodder of twa buttis of land 1581 Reg. Eccl. S. Trin. 197.
Sa mony bollis of atis with alsmony thrawis of fodder 1638 Dumfries Test. I. 17.
Thrie bollis brashloche … , pryce of the boll thairof withe the fodder ourheid viij lb.
2. Straw for filling beds. 1550 Breadalbane P. (Reg. H.) No. 73.
Als oft as I cum to the castell the said Johne … sall find me … fodder to my chalmer to mak beddis
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