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reguerdon¹

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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 reguerdons · reguerdoning · reguerdoned

  1. obsolete, transitive 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.

reguerdon²

Where it comes from

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

noun reguerdons

  1. obsolete 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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@misc{reguerdon_2026,
  title = {reguerdon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reguerdon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}