fardel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fardel
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Old Provençal, equivalent to fard(a) “bundle” (ultimately derived from Arabic fardah “load”) + -el, from Latin -ellus; -elle
Example Sentences
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And the Emperor received “two fardels of cinnamon.”
From Literature
And then there it was, in “To be, or not to be”: “Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life?”
From The New Yorker
Time, so far, had brought with him only a complication of troubles, more tangled than his usual fardel.
From Project Gutenberg
With a bare bodkin who shall fardels carry?
From Project Gutenberg
In travail, as in tears, With the fardel of her years Overprest,— In mercy was she borne Where the weary ones and worn Are at rest.
From Project Gutenberg
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