fardel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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
Vocabulary lists containing fardel
Example Sentences
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Trust me, I’ll look in on her, and see what I may do, so soon as I’ve borne this fardel home.
From All's Well Alice's Victory by Lewin, M.
What though the world once went hard with me, when I was fain to carry my fardel a foot-back?
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Acheson, Arthur
No doubt this was true, and no doubt it braved her for the carrying of her boy's garnish, otherwise a risky fardel for a young woman.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
To mark if e'er I knew him? and to crave His pity for the fardel that I bear.
From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 3 by Cary, Henry Francis
I ask, for Day, the use which is the Wife’s: To bear, apart from thy delight and thee, The fardel coarse of customary life’s Exceeding injucundity.
From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
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