English

Verb

reguerdon ‎(third-person singular simple present reguerdons, present participle reguerdoning, simple past and past participle reguerdoned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To recompense or reward.
   • 1616, — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Pt. 1

     Long since we were resolved of your truth, / Your faithful service and your toil in war; / Yet never have you tasted our reward, / Or been reguerdon'd with so much as thanks.

Derived terms

• reguerdonment

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman reguierdon, from re- + guerdon.

Noun

reguerdon ‎(plural reguerdons)

1. (obsolete) A recompense or reward.
   • 1616, — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Pt. 1

     Stoop then and set your knee against my foot; / And, in reguerdon of that duty done, / I girt thee with the valiant sword of York.