foryield

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 repat; recompense”), Dutch vergelden (“to reward, pay back”), German vergelten (“to repay, reward”).

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.

• foryielding

• yield