2. Verb. (third-person singular of guerdon) ¹
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Definition of Guerdons
1. guerdon [v] - See also: guerdon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guerdons
Literary usage of Guerdons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... host Bade both be stay'd from battle and receive Their equal guerdons ; but
on Tydeus' Son Bestow'd the hero that great glittering brand With sheath and ..."
2. The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil, Theodore Chickering Williams (1908)
"The three first at the goal ' Shall bind their foreheads with fair olive green, 'And
win the guerdons due. The first shall lead, 'Victorious, ..."
3. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1885)
"But God Almighty willed His guerdons to be known, and His law's threats 'Mid ...
1 ie, the " guerdons " and the " threats." 2 " Ipsa voce," unless it mean ..."
4. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"For the fleet foot-race, now, his summons flies, — He offers gifts, and shows
the guerdons due. The mingling youth of Troy and Sicily Hastened from far. ..."
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