Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reguerdon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: reguer-don
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To recompense or reward.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

A recompense or reward.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

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”).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

reguerdons (present, singular) reguerdoning (participle, present) reguerdoned (participle, past) reguerdoned (past) reguerdons (plural)

Derived Forms

reguerdonment

Questions

What does reguerdon mean?: To recompense or reward.
Where does reguerdon come from?: 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”).

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