Fardel

//ˈfɑː(ɹ)dəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fourth part: a quarter of anything.

    "I... bought a Farthel of Bread and a Mutckin of Ale."

  2. 2
    A bundle or burden. obsolete

    "Hees forc't to trot with fardle at his backe, / From houſe to houſe, demaunding if they lacke / A poore yong man that's willing to take paine, / And mickle labour, though for little gaine."

  3. 3
    a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle) wordnet
  4. 4
    An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland. historical

    "You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make up in fardels; to bunch. obsolete, transitive

    "Here are foure vntruths fardelled vp together"

Etymology

Etymology 1

A clipped form of Middle English ferthendel (literally “fourth part”), equivalent to fourth + deal. Cognate with Dutch vierendeel (“a fourth part, quarter”), German Viertel (“a quarter, fourth”), Danish fjerdedel (“a quarter”), Swedish fjärdedel (“a fourth, quarter”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English fardel, from Old French fardel (“pack, bundle”), from Spanish fardel, diminutive of fardo (“pack, bundle”), from Arabic فَرْد (fard, “one of a pair”), as applied to saddlebags.

Etymology 3

From Middle English fardel, from Old French fardel (“pack, bundle”), from Spanish fardel, diminutive of fardo (“pack, bundle”), from Arabic فَرْد (fard, “one of a pair”), as applied to saddlebags.

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