fardel

Meanings

Plural: fardels

Noun

a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
A fourth part: a quarter of anything.
An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland.
A bundle or burden.

Verb

To make up in fardels; to bunch.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

nook, quarter

Scrabble Score: 10

fardel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fardel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fardel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

fardel is a valid Words With Friends word