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noun
1.
a reward, recompense, or requital.
verb (used with object)
2.
to give a guerdon to; reward.
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Old French, variant of werdoun < Medieval Latin widerdonum, alteration (probably by association with Latin dōnum gift) of Old High German widarlōn, equivalent to widar again, back + lōn reward; cognate with Old English witherlēan
1325–75; Middle English < Old French, variant of werdoun < Medieval Latin widerdonum, alteration (probably by association with Latin dōnum gift) of Old High German widarlōn, equivalent to widar again, back + lōn reward; cognate with Old English witherlēan
Related forms
guer·don·er, noun
guer·don·less, adjective
un·guer·doned, adjective
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guerdon
"reward, recompense" (now only poetic), mid-14c., from O.Fr. guerdon, from M.L. widerdonum, from O.H.G. widarlon; c.f. O.E. wiðerlean, from wiðer "again" (see with) + lean "payment." Form influenced in M.L. by L. donum "gift."
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