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Guerdon Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for.
To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for.
(n.)
A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense.
guerdon
\guer"don\ (?), v. t. [of. guerdonner, guerredonner. see guerdon, n.] to give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [r.] him we gave a costly bribe to guerdon silence.
guerdon
\guer"don\ (?), n. [of. guerdon, guerredon, ll. widerdonum (influenced by l. donum gift, cf. donation ), fr. ohg. widarlōn; widar again, against (g. wider wieder) + lōn reward, g. lohn, akin to as. le?n goth. laun. see withers.] a reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. so young as to regard men's frown or smile as loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. he shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies.
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