Definition of "guerdon" []

• A reward; recompense. (noun)
• To reward. (verb-transitive)

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• "The gods were wroth at so presumptuous an offer, but when they would have indignantly driven the stranger from their presence, Loki urged them to make a bargain which it would be impossible for the stranger to keep, and so they finally told the architect that the guerdon should be his, provided the fortress were finished in the course of a single winter, and that he accomplished the work with no other assistance than that of his horse Svadilfare."
• "The 13-year-old boy aced "guerdon" to win the 81st edition of the bee, held in the nation's capital."
• "“Then dirt and weather-beat shall be your guerdon of honour,”"