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- Guerdon dates back to the 14th century, when Geoffrey Chaucer used it in The Romaunt of the Rose (ca. 1366): "He quitte him wel his guerdon there." It derives from Anglo-French and is thought to be related to the Old High German widarlōn, meaning "reward."
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Guerdon dates back to the 14th century, when Geoffrey Chaucer used it in The Romaunt of the Rose (ca. 1366): "He quitte him wel his guerdon there." It derives from Anglo-French and is thought to be related to the Old High German widarlōn, meaning "reward."
Sep 28, 2017 · "reward, recompense" (now only poetic), late 14c., from Old French guerdon, guerredon… See origin and meaning of guerdon.
Guerdon definition: a reward, recompense, or requital.. See examples of GUERDON used in a sentence.
- English
- French
- Old French
Alternative forms
1. gerdon (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English guerdon, guerdoun, gardone, from Old French guerdon, guerredon, guarredon, werdon, 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”).
Pronunciation
1. enPR: gûrʹdn 2. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəː.dən/ 3. (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɝ.dən/ 4. Hyphenation: guer‧don
Noun
guerdon m (plural guerdons) 1. (archaic) reward
Further reading
1. “guerdon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Noun
guerdon oblique singular, m (oblique plural guerdons, nominative singular guerdons, nominative plural guerdon) 1. Alternative form of guerredon
guer·don. (gûr′dn) n. A reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons. To reward. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin widerdōnum, alteration (influenced by Latin dōnum, gift) of Old High German widarlōn : widar, back, against; see wi- in Indo-European roots + lōn, reward; see lau- in Indo-European ...
The earliest known use of the noun guerdon is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for guerdon is from before 1366, in Romaunt Rose.
A guerdon is a reward. The disappointing guerdon for your day spent shoveling your elderly neighbor's driveway might be a little tin of very old licorice candy. The word guerdon, pronounced "GER-dun," is an Old French word that literally means "reward or payment."
