Verb (third-person singular simple present foryields, present participle foryielding, simple past foryold or foryielded, past participle foryolden or foryielded)
- (dialectal or obsolete) to pay back, recompense.
- (obsolete) to reward.
Origin From Middle English foryelden (“to requite, yield up”), from Old English forġieldan (“to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit”), equivalent to for- + yield. Cognate with Dutch vergelden (“to reward, pay back”), German vergelten (“to repay, reward”).
