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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 fjärdedel (“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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