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# guerdon

noun (guerdon, guerdons) (old use)

«guerdon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guerdon/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guerdon/#x1)
- The boyar gave the peasant a rich guerdon for his service. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guerdon/#x2)
- Augeas refused to pay the promised guerdon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guerdon/#x3)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guerdon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«guerdon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guerdon.html) on Mova free.