guerdon (gerdon)

t. [ It is good to serue suche a lorde as gar done the his seruaunt in suche wise. Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry , p. 4. My lord protector will, I doubt it not, See you well guerdon'd for these good deserts. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 4. Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. Tennyson, Prince , i. guerdon able (ger'don-a-bl), a. [ Finding it as well guerdon able, as grateful, to publish Sir G. Buck, Hist. Rich. III., p. 75. their libels.