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English
Etymology 1
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
reguerdon (third-person singular simple present reguerdons, present participle reguerdoning, simple past and past participle reguerdoned)
- (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 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.
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Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman reguierdon, from re- + guerdon.
Noun
reguerdon (plural reguerdons)
- (obsolete) A 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):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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