Origin of guerdonMiddle English guerdoun from Old French gueredon, altered (after Classical Latin donum, gift) from Frankish and Old High German widarl?n from Old High German widar, back, counter + l?n, reward from Indo-European base an unverified form l?u-, to capture from source Classical Latin lucrum, riches
transitive verbguer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons
Origin of guerdonMiddle English from Old French from Medieval Latin widerdōnum alteration ( influenced by Latin dōnum gift ) of Old High German widarlōn widar back, against ; see wi- in Indo-European roots. lōn reward ; see lau- in Indo-European roots.
(third-person singular simple present guerdons, present participle guerdoning, simple past and past participle guerdoned)
- To give such a reward to.
From Old French guerdon, from Medieval Latin widerdonum, from West Germanic (whence Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘again-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin donum (“gift”).