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Etymology

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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).

Verb

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foryield (third-person singular simple present foryields, present participle foryielding, simple past foryold or foryielded, past participle foryolden or foryielded)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) to pay back; recompense.
  2. (obsolete) to yield up; pay; reward; requite.

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