foryield

== English == === Etymology === 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 === foryield (third-person singular simple present foryields, present participle foryielding, simple past and past participle foryielded) (dialectal or obsolete) to pay back; recompense. (obsolete) to yield up; pay; reward; requite. ==== Derived terms ==== foryielding ==== Related terms ==== yield