"guerdon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡəː.dən/ [UK], /ˈɡɝ.dən/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-guerdon.ogg [US] Forms: guerdons [plural]
enPR: gûrʹdn Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|guerdon}} Middle English guerdon, {{m|enm|guerdoun}} guerdoun, {{m|enm|gardone}} gardone, {{der|en|fro|guerdon}} Old French guerdon, {{m|fro|guerredon}} guerredon, {{m|fro|guarredon}} guarredon, {{m|fro|werdon}} werdon, {{der|en|ML.|widerdonum|widerdōnum}} Medieval Latin widerdōnum, {{m|la|*widerlonum|widerlōnum}} widerlōnum, {{cog|goh|widarlon|widarlōn}} Old High German widarlōn, {{cog|ang|wiþerlēan}} Old English wiþerlēan, {{m|la|donum|dōnum|gift}} dōnum (“gift”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} guerdon (plural guerdons)
  1. (now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade. Tags: literary Translations (a reward, prize or recompense): награда (nagrada) [feminine] (Bulgarian), възнаграждение (vǎznagraždenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), odměna [feminine] (Czech), galardón [masculine] (Galician), jutalom (Hungarian), díj (Hungarian), награ́да (nagráda) [feminine] (Russian), пре́мия (prémija) [feminine] (Russian), приз (priz) [masculine] (Russian), galardón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-guerdon-en-noun-puEhfuGF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old High German links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Old High German links with redundant target parameters: 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gerdon [obsolete]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡəː.dən/ [UK], /ˈɡɝ.dən/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-guerdon.ogg [US] Forms: guerdons [present, singular, third-person], guerdoning [participle, present], guerdoned [participle, past], guerdoned [past]
enPR: gûrʹdn Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|guerdon}} Middle English guerdon, {{m|enm|guerdoun}} guerdoun, {{m|enm|gardone}} gardone, {{der|en|fro|guerdon}} Old French guerdon, {{m|fro|guerredon}} guerredon, {{m|fro|guarredon}} guarredon, {{m|fro|werdon}} werdon, {{der|en|ML.|widerdonum|widerdōnum}} Medieval Latin widerdōnum, {{m|la|*widerlonum|widerlōnum}} widerlōnum, {{cog|goh|widarlon|widarlōn}} Old High German widarlōn, {{cog|ang|wiþerlēan}} Old English wiþerlēan, {{m|la|donum|dōnum|gift}} dōnum (“gift”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} guerdon (third-person singular simple present guerdons, present participle guerdoning, simple past and past participle guerdoned)
  1. (transitive) To give such a reward to. Tags: transitive Derived forms: guerdonable, guerdonless
    Sense id: en-guerdon-en-verb-CLTAMkK8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gerdon [obsolete]

Noun [French]

Forms: guerdons [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} guerdon m (plural guerdons)
  1. (archaic) reward Tags: archaic, masculine
    Sense id: en-guerdon-fr-noun-dpb~-E8m Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

Forms: guerdon oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], guerdons [oblique, plural], guerdons [nominative, singular], guerdon [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} guerdon oblique singular, m (oblique plural guerdons, nominative singular guerdons, nominative plural guerdon)
  1. Alternative form of guerredon Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: guerredon
    Sense id: en-guerdon-fro-noun-3-beBa-O Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "guerredon"
      },
      "expansion": "guerredon",
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      },
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    },
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        "1": "fro",
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    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "widerdonum",
        "4": "widerdōnum"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*widerlonum",
        "3": "widerlōnum"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "widarlon",
        "3": "widarlōn"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wiþerlēan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wiþerlēan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "donum",
        "3": "dōnum",
        "4": "gift"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "c. 1366, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose, ll. 2607-10",
          "text": "For would she of her gentlenesse,\nWithouten more, me ones kesse,\nIt were to me a great guerdoon.\nRelease of all my passion […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1782, William Cowper, “Charity”, in Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq.",
          "text": "Verse, like the laurel its immortal meed,\nShould be the guerdon of a noble deed",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1826 April 22, “G.”, “The Dukedom (from ‘The News of Literature and Fashion, Science and Art.’)”, in The Spirit of the Times; or, Essence of the Periodicals; Concentrating Every Week, All that is Worthy (as Strictly Regarding the Time) of Being Preserved, from the Whole of Our Newspapers, Magazines, &c., volume I, number XXIX, London: Printed by Milne, Banfield, and Duckworth … for J. Scott, →OCLC, page 436, column 1",
          "text": "I had some faint recollection of having a penny-piece in my waistcoat pocket, and, pleased with the service he had rendered to us, I gave it him as his guerdon. \"Thank ye, sir—thank ye, sir—thank ye, sir,\" he cried, and immediately returned to his station near the footway.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1840, Robert Browning, Sordello, Book IV",
          "text": "\"Here, minstrel, drive bad thoughts away! Sing! Take\n\"My glove for guerdon!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, Cecil Arthur Spring Rice, Poems “To the American People”",
          "text": "Sons of honour, nobly fathered, scions of the sturdy brood,Who from age to age have gathered strength and duty in the blood,Strength to bear the distressed burden, duty which has cost them dear—Wounds for wage and death for guerdon—Lo! the final hour is here. […]"
        }
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        "A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade."
      ],
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡəː.dən/",
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      ]
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    }
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nagrada",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "награда"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎznagraždenie",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "възнаграждение"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odměna"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galardón"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "word": "jutalom"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "word": "díj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagráda",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "награ́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prémija",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пре́мия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priz",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приз"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a reward, prize or recompense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galardón"
    }
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}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Old High German links with redundant target parameters"
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      "word": "guerdonable"
    },
    {
      "word": "guerdonless"
    }
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      },
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      },
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        "1": "fro",
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        "1": "fro",
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      "expansion": "werdon",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "ang",
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      "expansion": "Old English wiþerlēan",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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      "form": "guerdons",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "guerdoning",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "guerdoned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "form": "guerdoned",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "text": "And when thou see'st the Admiral ride by,\nDischarge thy musket, and perform his death;\nAnd then I'll guerdon thee with store of crowns.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1847, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Princess, Book I",
          "text": "[…] him we gave a costly bribe\nTo guerdon silence […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To give such a reward to."
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        "(transitive) To give such a reward to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡəː.dən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɝ.dən/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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        "US"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "gerdon"
    }
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}

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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms with archaic senses"
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        "(archaic) reward"
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "guerdon oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guerdons",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guerdons",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guerdon",
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        "plural"
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    }
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        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns"
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  "title": "guerdon",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
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  "trace": ""
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