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reguerdon

verb

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from widerdōnum
  2. derived from reguerdoner — “to reward”

Definitions

  1. To recompense or reward.

    • 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.

  2. A recompense or reward.

    • 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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