reguerdon

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English

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Etymology 1

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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

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reguerdon (third-person singular simple present reguerdons, present participle reguerdoning, simple past and past participle reguerdoned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To recompense or reward.
    • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      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.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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reguerdon (plural reguerdons)

  1. (obsolete) A recompense or reward.

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