foryield

Meaning

Verb

• to pay back; recompense.
• to yield up; pay; reward; requite.

Origin

• From Middle English foryelden ("to requite, yield up"), from Old English forġieldan ("to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit"), from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną, equivalent to for- + yield. Cognate with Scots foryeild ("to repay; recompense"), Dutch vergelden ("to reward, pay back"), German vergelten ("to repay, reward").