Middle English Dictionary Entry
fardel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fardel n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A pack of goods or supplies bound together to be carried or transported; a bundle; (b) fig.; (c) a pack used in the practice of surgery.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.311 : How longe schal a fool bere lere fardelles?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5004 : Þai..did þair fardels [Göt: seckes] be vndon.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5683 : Thanne goth he fardeles for to ber With as good chere, as he dide er.
- (1429) RParl.4.359b : Merchaundises of ye Staple, the whiche is trussed in tonnes, pipes, barelles, sakkes, fardelles, and other wyse.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)187 : The which clothes be in trusse or in pakke or in fardel, boundyn or unboundyn.
- (?1463) Paston (Gairdner)4.65 : With hym myght some mony come trussid in some fardell.
- (1478) Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/20)p.31 (34/26) : He lefte a gret fardell in hys wolhus in Schewstret, the qwyche be a thefe..wos opynyd and a casket takyn owt and brokyn, and that at was in hyt born away, and what a had more I wote nat.
b
- a1450(?c1405) Mannys soule (Dgb 102)52 : Thy wikked werkis in þy ȝowthe..Loke þat fardel þou vnbynde.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)32 : He that beryth the fardell of envie hathe perpetuell peyne.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.33.28a : To Justice I yeve charge þat sche make trusse thi fardell of alle thi wrecchid synnes.
- (?a1400) Wycl.Rule Life (LdMisc 174)208 : Synful man, brynggyng in his nekke þe fardel of his wickidnesse.
c
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)103a/b : Laye a cusshon or a rounde or bowged fardel byhynde þe schuldres.
2.
A collection of bundles, packs, containers, etc., of transported goods or provisions; baggage; -- (a) collect.; (b) pl.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)24947 : Wid all þair fardel and þair fere þai com till land.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.106 : Weri folk that gon on pilgrymage Reste hem sumwhile..Ther heuy fardell among thei caste doun..to do ther bakkis ese.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5136 : Foure hundreth Olifants in fere þis fardill to bere.
b
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)1 Kings 17.22 : Dauid leuynge the vessels..vndre the hoond of a keper at the fardels [L sarcinas].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ruth 2.9 : If thou thirstist, go to the fardels [L sarcinulas] and drynke watris.
3.
A wrapping or wrapper.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ezek.27.24 : Thei weren thi merchaundis..in fardels [L involucris] of iacinct and of clothis of many colours.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)44b : A ffardell: Inuolucrum.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)126a/b : Þen leie aboue þat anoþer cloute with þe emplaister consolidatiue & leie on þen fardelles of towe wette in þe white of a neye & bynde vppe þe schulder wel & þriftilye with a brode roller.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)129a/b : He schal leie fardelles of towe wette in þe white of an eye & leide aboue & þen he schal leie aboue two splentes on crosse wyse and bynde it vppe wele and warlie.
Note: New spelling
Note: ?Prob. use only one of the two. ?Possible typo on 1st slip: 'a neye' for 'an eye'--JL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. fardel.