reguerdon

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)

1. (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[ward] 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.

Derived terms

• reguerdonment

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman reguierdon, from re- + guerdon.

Noun

reguerdon (plural reguerdons)

1. (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[ward] 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.

Anagrams

• reundergo, undergoer