reguerdon

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman reguerdoner (to reward), from re- + guerdoner (to guerdon), from Medieval Latin widerdōnum, alteration of widerlōnum, from West Germanic (whence Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘back-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin dōnum (gift).

Verb

reguerdon (third-person singular simple present reguerdons, present participle reguerdoning, simple past and past participle reguerdoned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To recompense or reward.
    • 1616, — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Pt. 1
      Long since we were resolved of your truth, / Your faithful service and your toil in war; / Yet never have you tasted our reward, / Or been reguerdon'd with so much as thanks.
Derived terms
  • reguerdonment

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman reguierdon, from re- + guerdon.

Noun

reguerdon (plural reguerdons)

  1. (obsolete) A recompense or reward.
    • 1616, — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Pt. 1
      Stoop then and set your knee against my foot; / And, in reguerdon of that duty done, / I girt thee with the valiant sword of York.

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