▪ I. † reˈguerdon, n. Obs. rare.
[a. OF. reguerdon (Godef.): see next and guerdon n.]
Recompense, reward.
| 1390 Gower Conf. II. 206 He leith his yerde upon that on, And seith the king hou thilke same Thei chese in reguerdoun be name. 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. i. 170 Stoope then, and set your Knee against my Foot, And in reguerdon of that dutie done, I gyrt thee with the..Sword of Yorke. |
▪ II. reˈguerdon, v. rare.
[ad. OF. reguerdoner: see re- and guerdon v.]
trans. To reward.
| 1390 Gower Conf. I. 370 And thus was merci reguerdoned, Which he to Theucer dede afore. 1532 Chaucer's Boethius iv. pr. iii. Wks. 259b/1 Of what mede shal he be reguerdoned. Certes of right fayre mede and right great, abouen al medes. 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. iv. 23 Yet neuer haue you tasted our Reward, Or beene reguerdon'd with so much as Thanks, Because till now, we neuer saw your face. 1814 Cary Dante, Purg. xxv. 128 Still we heard The sins of gluttony, with woe erewhile Reguerdon'd. |
Hence † reˈguerdonment, reward. Obs. rare—1.
| 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 34 In generous reguerdo[n]ment wherof he sacramentally obliged himselfe that..he would be the first man should set foot in his kingdome. |