MEED

meed

(noun) a fitting reward

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

meed (plural meeds)

(now literary, archaic) A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward, deserts; award.

A gift; bribe.

(dated) Merit or desert; worth.

Etymology 2

Verb

meed (third-person singular simple present meeds, present participle meeding, simple past and past participle meeded)

(transitive) To reward; bribe.

(transitive) To deserve; merit.

Anagrams

• Deem, Mede, deem, deme

Source: Wiktionary

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Meed, n. Etym: [OE. mede, AS. med, meord; akin to OS. m, OHG. miata, mieta, G. miethe hire, Goth. mizdo reward, Bohem. & Russ. mzda, Gr. mistho`s, Skr. midha. sq. root276.]

1. That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense. A rosy garland was the victor's meed. Spenser.

2. Merit or desert; worth. My meed hath got me fame. Shak.

3. A gift; also, a bride. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Meed, v. t.

1. To reward; to repay. [Obs.] Waytt.

2. To deserve; to merit. [Obs.] Heywood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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