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foryield

verb

Etymology

From Middle English foryelden (“to requite, yield up”), from Old English forġieldan (“to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageldan, from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną, equivalent to for- + yield. Cognate with Scots foryeild (“to repay; recompense”), Saterland Frisian ferjäilde, West Frisian ferjilde, Dutch vergelden (“to reward, pay back”), German vergelten (“to repay, reward”).

  1. inherited from *frageldaną✻
  2. inherited from *frageldan✻
  3. inherited from forġieldan
  4. inherited from foryelden

Definitions

  1. to pay back

    to pay back; recompense.

  2. to yield up

    to yield up; pay; reward; requite.

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Derived

foryielding

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA