Lacking fodder; having no feed or sustenance available for animals.
Compound of 'fodder' plus the Old English suffix '-less' (without), expressing deprivation or absence.
A fodderless winter was a farmer's nightmare scenario—it meant animals would starve, crops had failed, and social collapse might follow, which is why medieval communities stored fodder like we store gold.
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