fardel

[ fahr-dl ]

/ ˈfɑr dl /

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noun Archaic.

a bundle; burden.

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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; see -elle

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How to use fardel in a sentence

There were also holders of fardels or quarter-virgates, and half-fardels, or one-eighth-virgates, and other small cottier tenants.
The English Village Community|Frederic Seebohm
Seven years before 1592 this company performed mostly in the provinces, carrying their "fardels on their backs."
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592|Arthur Acheson
I shall sleep the sweeter for those fardels: and I count I should sleep none the worser if man laughed at me.
In Convent Walls|Emily Sarah Holt
Then he made up his mind that the fardels must still be borne, and again went home to his lodgings.
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson|Anthony Trollope

Sir Thomas, as he sat there listening and thinking, unable not to think and not to listen, found that the fardels were very heavy.
Ralph the Heir|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for fardel

fardel

/ (ˈfɑːdəl) /

noun

archaic a bundle or burden

Word Origin for fardel

C13: from Old French farde, ultimately from Arabic fardah

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