fardel
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[edit] Etymology 1
A corruption of Middle English ferthe del (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”).
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[edit] Noun
fardel (plural fardels)
[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English fardel, from Old French fardel (“pack, bundle”), from Spanish fardel, diminutive of fardo (“pack, bundle”), from Arabic (fardah, “a package”).
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fardel (plural fardels)
- (obsolete) a bundle or burden
- circa 1599, Shakespeare, Hamlet, “To be, or not to be”:
- Who would fardels bear
- to grunt and sweat under a weary life...
- circa 1599, Shakespeare, Hamlet, “To be, or not to be”: