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▪ I. guerdon, n. Now poet. and rhetorical.|ˈgɜːdən|
Forms: 4 gerdo(u)n, 4–6 guerdone, -oun, (4 gardwyne, gwerddoun, 5 gerdonne), 5–6 gardo(u)n, guardon(e, 5–7 gwerdon(e, (6 Sc. gwairdoun), 4– guerdon.
[a. OF. guerdon, gueredon, guedredon, Pr. guazardon (for guadardon), guiardon, guierdon, Sp. galardon, Pg. galardão, It. guiderdone:—med.L. widerdonum, repr. (by assimilation of d and l) OHG. widarlôn = OE. wiðerléan, f. wiðer again + léan payment.]
A reward, requital, or recompense.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 1516 He quitte him wel his guerdon there. 1401Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 112 For thi grete labour thi gardoun thou shalt gete. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4194 Who littel wanne was lesse mede taken hym for his gerdonne. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 85 b/2, I requyre of the Juste and debonayr gwerdon and reward. 1508Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 422 Traistand to haue of his magnificence Guerdoun [v.r. Gwairdoun], reward, and benefice bedene. 1559Mirr. Mag., Dk. Glocester xxix, Blood axeth blood as guerdon dewe. 1599Shakes. Much Ado v. iii. 5 Death in guerdon of her wrong Giues her fame which neuer dies. 1633P. Fletcher Pisc. Ecl. ii. vii, My fish (the guerdon of my toil and pain) He causelesse seaz'd. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxxii. (1663) 127 That so falling into the hands of the Ministers of his Justice, we might receive the guerdon of our wicked works. 1684Scanderbeg Rediv. i. 3 Sovereignty..is there the sole Guerdon or Reward of superlative Merit. 1751G. West Education i. iii. 7 The Guerdons of bold Strength and swift Activity. 1781Cowper Charity 293 Verse, like the laurel, its immortal meed, Should be the guerdon of a noble deed. 1813Scott Trierm. ii. xx, As at her word his sword he draws, His fairest guerdon her applause. 1859Tennyson Enid 1072 Take A horse and arms for guerdon; choose the best. 1862Neale Hymns East. Ch. 89 If I find Him, if I follow, What His guerdon here? ‘Many a sorrow, many a labour, Many a tear’. 1884J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. 240 Such guerdon as the novelist does receive is gained very pleasantly and accompanied by many charming circumstances.
▪ II. guerdon, v. Now poet. and rhetorical.|ˈgɜːdən|
Forms: 4 guerdone, -oun, 4–5 gerdon, 5 gardon, 6 gwerdon, 5– guerdon. Also pa. pple. 4 iguerdonned, ygerdoned.
[a. OF. guer(e)doner, f. guer(e)don: see prec. n.]
1. trans. To reward, recompense.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. iii. 122 (Camb. MS.) Þat is to seyn þat shrewes ben punyshed or ellys þat goode foolk ben ygerdonyd. c1386― Pars. T. ⁋209 The glorie of heuene with which god shal gerdone a man for hise goode dedes. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 819 He hathe for my longe servise Guerdonede me. 1483Caxton Cato A iv, Thou mayst guerdon them that haue so wel done to the yf they haue nede and necessyte. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 417 She may right wel guerdon hym for hys seruice. c1572Gascoigne Fruites Warre (1831) 215 And bad me bide till his abilitie Might better gwerdon my fidelitie. 1607Heywood Faire Maid Wks. 1874 II. 68 Confusion guerdon his base villainie. c1650Don Bellianis 35, I pray the Almighty Lord that hath delivered us from so great danger and perill to guerdon you for it. 1820T. Mitchell Aristoph. I. 48 Death must guerdon deeds so bold. 1847Tennyson Princ. i. 201 Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. 1885Evangel. Mag. Dec. 435 The father can guerdon his child.
absol.1859Neale Rhythm Bern. de Morlaix (1864) 28 The Lamb is ever near thee,..The Crown is He to guerdon, The Buckler to protect.
2. To give as a reward. rare—1.
1881H. Phillips tr. Chamisso's Faust 17, I guerdon thee the prize which thou hast won.
Hence ˈguerdoned ppl. a., given as a reward; ˈguerdoning vbl. n., the action of the vb. guerdon; reward. Also ˈguerdonable a., that may be guerdoned; ˈguerdoner, one who guerdons.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. vii. 112 (Camb. MS.) Fortune is yeuen eyther by cause of gerdonynge or ellys of excersisinge of good folk or ellis by cause to punnyssen. c1400Rom. Rose 2380 In love, free yeven thing Requyrith a gret guerdoning. 1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 1006 The guerdonyng of ȝour Courticience, Is sum cause of thir gret Enormyteis. 1606Ford Fame's Mem. Wks. 1889 III. 301 To get a guerdon'd favour for his hire. 1646Buck Rich. III, 75 Finding it as well guerdonable, as gratefull, to publish their Libels. Ibid., Explic. of dark words, Guerdonable, worthy of reward. 1881Rossetti House of Life, Sonn. xxxiii, And Venus Victrix to my heart doth bring Herself, the Helen of her guerdoning. |
