fardel
noun
a bundle; burden.
fardels
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pluralof fardel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 ● Apr. 23, 2016
In the "To be or not to be" soliloquy, fardels is replaced, but the word bodkin remains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus, in a Hamlet for 1984, "Who would fardels bear?" becomes "Who would burdens bear?"
From Time Magazine Archive
In his "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet asks himself why he should bear fardels.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the Emperor received “two fardels of cinnamon.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
