Found 2 items, similar to guerdon.
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Definition: guerdon
guerdon
n : a reward or payment
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Definition: Guerdon
Guerdon
\Guer"don\, v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See
Guerdon, n.]
To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.]
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Him we gave a costly bribe
To guerdon silence. --Tennyson.
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Guerdon
\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.
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So young as to regard men's frown or smile
As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. --Byron.
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He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the
just guerdon of all his former villainies. --Knolles.
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