guerdon
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guerdon
- /ˈɡəː.dən/ UK
- /ˈɡɝ.dən/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English guerdon, guerdoun, gardone, from Old French guerdon, guerredon, guarredon, werdon, 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”).
noun guerdons · gerdon
- A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade. For would she of her gentlenesse, Withouten more, me ones kesse, It were to me a great guerdoon. Release of all my passion […]
verb guerdons · guerdoning · guerdoned · gerdon
- To give such a reward to. And when thou see'st the Admiral ride by, Discharge thy musket, and perform his death; And then I'll guerdon thee with store of crowns.
