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fardel¹

  • /ˈfɑː(ɹ)dəl/

Where it comes from

A clipped form of Middle English ferthendel (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 fardels · farthel · farl

  1. A fourth part: a quarter of anything. I... bought a Farthel of Bread and a Mutckin of Ale.

    Similar: quarter

  2. historical An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland. You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.

Similar: nook

fardel²

  • /ˈfɑː(ɹ)dəl/

Where it comes from

From Middle English fardel, from Old French fardel (“pack, bundle”), from Spanish fardel, diminutive of fardo (“pack, bundle”), from Arabic فَرْد (fard, “one of a pair”), as applied to saddlebags.

noun fardels · fardle · farthel

  1. obsolete A bundle or burden. Hees forc't to trot with fardle at his backe, / From houſe to houſe, demaunding if they lacke / A poore yong man that's willing to take paine, / And mickle labour, though for little gaine.

verb fardels · fardeling · fardelling · fardeled · fardelled

  1. obsolete, transitive To make up in fardels; to bunch. Here are foure vntruths fardelled vp together

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@misc{fardel_2026,
  title = {fardel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fardel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}