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guer⋅don
[gur-dn] 
–noun
| 1. | a reward, recompense, or requital. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to give a guerdon to; reward. |
Origin:
1325–75; ME < OF, var. of werdoun < ML widerdonum, alter. (prob. by assoc. with L dōnum gift) of OHG widarlōn, equiv. to widar again, back + lōn reward; c. OE witherlēan
1325–75; ME < OF, var. of werdoun < ML widerdonum, alter. (prob. by assoc. with L dōnum gift) of OHG widarlōn, equiv. to widar again, back + lōn reward; c. OE witherlēan
Related forms:
guer⋅don⋅er, noun
guer⋅don⋅less, adjective
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| guer·don (gûr'dn) n. A reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons To reward. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin widerdōnum, alteration (influenced by Latin dōnum, gift) of Old High German widarlōn : widar, back, against; see wi- in Indo-European roots + lōn, reward; see lau- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Guerdon
Guer"don\, n. [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarl[=o]n; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + l[=o]n reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. le['a]n Goth. laun. See Withers.] 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.Guerdon
Guer"don\, v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n.] To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.] Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. --Tennyson.
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guerdon
"reward, recompense" (now only poetic), 1366, from O.Fr. guerdon, from M.L. widerdonum, from O.H.G. widarlon, c.f. O.E. wiðerlean, from wiðer "again" + lean "payment." Form infl. in M.L. by L. donum "gift."
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