Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake. · Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.
Contraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English root.
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