foryield
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Verb
editforyield (third-person singular simple present foryields, present participle foryielding, simple past foryold or foryielded, past participle foryolden or foryielded)
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