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   The meaning of GUERDON is reward, recompense. Guerdon and Shakespeare

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   Guerdon definition: a reward, recompense, or requital.. See examples of GUERDON used in a sentence.

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   What is a guerdon?

   • 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."

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   When was Guerdon first used?

   • 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. guerdon is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French guerdon.

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   Where did Guerdon come from?

   • 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." Shakespeare used guerdon a couple of times in his plays.

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   What do you give a guerdon to?

   • to give a guerdon to; reward. If the damsel smiled Once in seven years only, All their wanderings dreary Ample guerdon knew. Should it be his sacred majesty's pleasure that I succeed Moley, a post of honour shall be the guerdon of your bravery. With what face darest thou ask any guerdon beyond my sparing thy worthless life?

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   All you need to know about "GUERDON" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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   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 ...

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   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 . guerdon is a borrowing from French.

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   Guerdon definition: A reward; recompense. Origin of Guerdon Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin widerdōnum alteration (influenced by Latin dōnum gift) of Old High German widarlōn widar back, against wi-in Indo-European roots lōn reward lau-in Indo-European roots

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   guerdon: 1 n a reward or payment Type of: reward payment made in return for a service rendered