foryield
English
verb
Definitions
- (dialectal) to pay back; recompense.
- (obsolete) to yield up; pay; reward; requite.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English foryelden (requite, yield up) inherited from Old English forġieldan (pay for, give up, repay, requite, forfeit, reward) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną (pay back) prefix from English yield.
Origin
English
yield
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ayield English
- misyield English
- outyield English
- postyield English
- upyield English
- yield English
- yieldable English
- yieldance English
- yielder English
- yieldest English
- yieldeth English
- yielding English
- yieldless English
- yieldly English
- yieldy English
- Vergeltung German
- gelten German
- vergelten German
- gelden Dutch, Flemish
- vergelden Dutch, Flemish
- vergelding Dutch, Flemish
- *frageldaną Proto-Germanic
- forgieldan Old English
- forġieldan Old English
- foryelden Middle English
- forȝelden Middle English
- yielden Middle English
- vergelden Middle Dutch
- firgeltan Old High German
- vergelten Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- fargeldan Old Dutch
- foryeild Scots
- yeild Scots
- forjelda Old Frisian