Middle English Dictionary Entry
udder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | udder n. Also idder; pl. uddres, uthers. |
| Etymology | OE ūder |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The udder of an animal; also, the udder of an animal used as food [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1157/19 : Þe camele haþ foure tittes in þe tweye vddres [L mamillis] as þe cowe haþ.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1259/20 : Þe calf…bussheþ wiþ his forhede þe vdder [L Ubera] þat he soukeþ and geteþ so þe more mylk of his moder.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)12/23 : Lana succida is wolle þat groweth atuix þe leggez of ane ewe about þe vdder.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)258 : Iddyr, or vddyr of a beeste [Win: Idder; KC: pappe]: Uber.
- -?-(1474) Ordin.Househ.Pr.Edw.32* : The purveyors of beeves and muttons…hath to theire fees…the intrayles of every beaste excepte the oxe feete, and the uthers, the which be served in the house in tyme of winter…at supper.