guerdon
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He also bestowed on them robes of honour and guerdoned them and divided the kingdoms between himself and his brother in their presence, whereat the folk rejoiced.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Had they used their power with justice, they had been repaid the like; But they wrought unright and Fortune guerdoned them with dole and teen.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John
While ill with good is guerdoned, good with ill.
From Locrine: a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
And you with wealth and state shall guerdoned be, So that you evermore may live content, And the king's grace, if through your means he see His honour raised anew, now well-nigh spent.
From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart
He also bestowed on them robes of honor and guerdoned them, and divided the kingdoms between himself and his brother in their presence, whereat the folk rejoiced.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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