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GUERDON
guerdon
(noun) a reward or payment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
guerdon (plural guerdons)
(now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.
Verb
guerdon (third-person singular simple present guerdons, present participle guerdoning, simple past and past participle guerdoned)
(transitive) To give such a reward to.
Anagrams
• go under, grounde, undergo, ungored
Source: Wiktionary
Guer"don, n. Etym: [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarl; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + lon reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. leán Goth. laun. See Withers.]
Definition: A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles.
Guer"don, v. t. Etym: [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n.]
Definition: To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.] Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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