Obs. Also 6 viandre, 7 -dour. [ad. OF. viandier, f. as prec.] Viands, victuals, food.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. VI., 142 b. The Englishemen … prohibited the Gascoynes to minister to his armie, viandre and sustenaunce. Ibid., 148 b. The sumptuous feast, the delicate viander.
1567. Maplet, Gr. Forest, 105. She … goeth another way to the Viander and vittailes, and there eateth hir fyll.
1625. J. Robinson, Ess., xxxi. (1851), I. 134. Though it seem unreasonable that the less way men have to go, they should be careful for the more viandour and provision for their journey.
