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foryield.

to pay back; recompense.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to pay back; recompense.

    dialectal · obsolete
  2. to yield up; pay; reward; requite.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English foryelden (“to requite, yield up”), from Old English forġieldan (“to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageldan, from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną, equivalent to for- + yield. Cognate with Scots foryeild (“to repay; recompense”), Saterland Frisian ferjäilde, West Frisian ferjilde, Dutch vergelden (“to reward, pay back”), German vergelten (“to repay, reward”).

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