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Definitions for: Guerdon [n] a reward or payment
Webster (1913) Definition: Guer"don, n. [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum
(influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG.
widarl[=o]n; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + l[=o]n
reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. le['a]n Goth. laun. See
Withers.]
A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a
bad sense. --Macaulay.
So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or
guerdon of a glorious lot. --Byron.
He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the
just guerdon of all his former villainies. --Knolles.
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.
--Tennyson.
See Also: reward
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