guerredon

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin widerdonum, from West Germanic ( > Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘again-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin donum (“gift”).

Noun

guerredon oblique singular, m (oblique plural guerredons, nominative singular guerredons, nominative plural guerredon)

1. payment

Descendants

• English: guerdon

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (guerredon)