guerdon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.5 Verb 1.6 Usage notes 1.7 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• gerdon (obsolete)

[edit] Etymology

From Old French guerdon from Mediaeval Latin widerdonum, from West Germanic ( > Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘again-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin donum (“‘gift’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈgə:.dən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈgɝ.dən/
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[edit] Noun

guerdon (plural guerdons)

1. (now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.
   • Late 14th century: — Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Franklin's Prologue and Tale", The Canterbury Tales

     My gerdon is but bresting of myn herte.

   • 1819: Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

     "That will I do blithely," replied the Pilgrim, "and without guerdon; my oath, for a time, prohibits me from touching gold."

[edit] Verb

to guerdon (third-person singular simple present guerdons, present participle guerdoning, simple past and past participle guerdoned)

1. (transitive) To give such a reward to.

[edit] Usage notes

Guerdon was the winning word at the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: degnoru
• go under
• undergo