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guerdonless, a.|ˈgɜːdənlɪs|
[f. guerdon n. + -less.]
Without guerdon; not receiving, occas. not bestowing, a guerdon.
c1400Lydg. æsop's Fab. iv. 53 Takyng theyr service and labour to theyr vse Gwerdounles to make theym to travaile. 1470–85Malory Arthur x. lxxxvi, Yet had I neuer reward nor bounte of her the dayes of my lyf and yet haue I ben her knight gwerdonles. 1604Middleton F. Hubburd's Tales Wks. (Bullen) VIII. 51 Most guerdonless sir, pinching patron. 1881W. Wilkins Songs of Study 214 Ride far by coast and city, An envoy guerdonless. |