guerdon
noun (guerdon, guerdons) (old use)
Everyday
A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories. tree →
In the lessons
in fairy tales and old tales, the prize a hero or servant expects for a hard task
Examples
- The hero asked for no guerdon but a horse. tree →
- The boyar gave the peasant a rich guerdon for his service. tree →
- Augeas refused to pay the promised guerdon. tree →
Note
nothing for maths; a guerdon is a reward, and the word itself changes no count
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «guerdon» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «guerdon» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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