"foryield" meaning in English

See foryield in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: foryields [present, singular, third-person], foryielding [participle, present], foryold [past], foryielded [past], foryolden [participle, past], foryielded [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English foryelden (“to requite, yield up”), from Old English forġieldan (“to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageldan, from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną, equivalent to for- + yield. Cognate with Scots foryeild (“to repay; recompense”), Saterland Frisian ferjäilde, West Frisian ferjilde, Dutch vergelden (“to reward, pay back”), German vergelten (“to repay, reward”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foryelden||to requite, yield up}} Middle English foryelden (“to requite, yield up”), {{inh|en|ang|forġieldan||to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit}} Old English forġieldan (“to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*frageldan}} Proto-West Germanic *frageldan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*frageldaną}} Proto-Germanic *frageldaną, {{pre|en|for|yield}} for- + yield, {{cog|sco|foryeild||to repay; recompense}} Scots foryeild (“to repay; recompense”), {{cog|stq|ferjäilde}} Saterland Frisian ferjäilde, {{cog|fy|ferjilde}} West Frisian ferjilde, {{cog|nl|vergelden||to reward, pay back}} Dutch vergelden (“to reward, pay back”), {{cog|de|vergelten||to repay, reward}} German vergelten (“to repay, reward”) Head templates: {{en-verb|foryields|foryielding|foryold|foryolden|past2=foryielded|past_ptc2=foryielded}} foryield (third-person singular simple present foryields, present participle foryielding, simple past foryold or foryielded, past participle foryolden or foryielded)
  1. (dialectal or obsolete) to pay back; recompense. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-foryield-en-verb-mfErjECt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 53 47
  2. (obsolete) to yield up; pay; reward; requite. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-foryield-en-verb-gcbL~ueB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foryielding Related terms: yield

Inflected forms

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