fardel

[fahr-dl]

noun

Archaic.

1. a bundle; burden.

fardel

/ ˈfɑːdəl /

noun

1. archaic,  a bundle or burden

Word History and Origins

Origin of fardel¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fardel¹

C13: from Old French farde , ultimately from Arabic fardah

Example Sentences

"Whom would fardels bear under such a weary and long life.... when he could his quietus make with a bare bodkin?"

From New York Times

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

The sharp corners of the fardels were ploughing into his back.

From Project Gutenberg

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