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fodder (iou)



fodder noun & verb.
[Old English fodor = Middle Low German voder, Middle & mod. Dutch voeder, Old High German fuotar (German Futter), Old Norse foer, from Germanic, from base rel. to that of FOOD.]
A. noun.
Food in general. OE-M17.
Food for cattle, horses, etc. Now spec. dried food, as hay, straw, etc., for stall-feeding. See also cannon-fodder s.v. CANNON noun. OE.
Comb.: fodder-cheese cheese made from the milk of cows being foddered on hay.
b. verb trans. Give fodder to; feed with as fodder. In early use also gen., feed. LME.
fodderer noun E17.
fodderless adjective M19.