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Definition fardel

Etymology 1

A clipped form 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 fj�rdedel (�a fourth, quarter�).

Noun

fardel (plural fardels)

1. A fourth part: a quarter of anything.
2. (historical) An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fardel, from Old French fardel (�pack, bundle�), from Spanish fardel, diminutive of fardo (�pack, bundle�), from Arabic ???????‎ (farda, �cloth, woman's clothes�).

Noun

fardel (plural fardels)

1. (obsolete) A bundle or burden.

Verb

fardel (third-person singular simple present fardels, present participle fardelling, simple past and past participle fardelled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make up in fardels.

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