guerdon
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
guerdon /ˈgəːd(ə)n/ archaic
▶noun a reward or recompense. ▶verb give a reward to.
– origin ME: from OFr., from med. L. widerdonum, alt. (by assoc. with L. donum ‘gift’) of a W. Gmc compound represented by Old High Ger. widarlōn ‘repayment’.
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