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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
originA 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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0