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guerdon

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guer⋅don

  [gur-dn]
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–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

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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Word Origin & History

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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