† Woodyer

Obs. In 5 wodyere. [OE. wudi(ʓ)ere, f. wudian to cut wood: see -IER. Cf. WOODER.] = WOODMAN¹ 2.

a. 1100.  Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 139/32. Calones, wudieras. Ibid., 150/31. Calones, wudiʓeras.

c. 1430.  Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, II. li. (1869), 146. A wodyere that solde me … wode in his foreste.

1802.  Sussex Weekly Advert., 29 Nov. in N. & Q. (1910), 11th Ser. II. 529/1. To Be Sold Eight acres … of Underwood…. Apply to James Wratton … the woodyer, who will shew the wood.