verb
Meaning 1
to pay back; recompense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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foryield
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verb
Meaning 2
to yield up; pay; reward; requite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
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”).