guerdon

Definitions


[ˈɡəːdn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a reward or recompense


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin widerdonum, alteration (by association with Latin donum ‘gift’) of a West Germanic compound represented by Old High German widarlōn ‘repayment’


[ˈɡəːdn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give a reward to (someone)
(e.g: there might come a time in which he should guerdon them)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin widerdonum, alteration (by association with Latin donum ‘gift’) of a West Germanic compound represented by Old High German widarlōn ‘repayment’




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