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