Meaning

1 senses

  1. To give such a reward to.

Origin

From Middle English guerdon, guerdoun, gardone, from Old French guerdon, guerredon, guarre

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”).

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Forms

guerdons, guerdoning, guerdoned, guerdoned
Base formguerdon · to guerdon
3rd person singularguerdons
Present participleguerdoning
Past simpleguerdoned
Past participleguerdoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyguerdon
he, she, itguerdons

Past simpleLesson

all personsguerdoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave guerdoned
he, she, ithas guerdoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill guerdon

Word family

2 related words
Derivedguerdonableguerdonless

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
guardA2guardianguardrailguavaguerrillaB2guessA1
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