v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + YIELD v.; = OHG. fargeltan (mod.Ger. vergelten).]
1. trans. To repay, recompense, requite. With personal obj. in dative, and direct obj. of the thing. Also intr. (const. of). Phr. God, etc., foryield (it).
971. Blickl. Hom., 45. Þa wæs him forȝolden æfter his aȝenum ȝewyrhtum.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 65.
| For godes luue forȝeue we al, | |
| for he hit wel forȝelden scal. |
c. 1205. Lay., 2297.
| An þu mi muchele swinc | |
| mid sare forȝeldest. |
a. 1300. Cursor M., 4883 (Cott.).
| ‘Sir, godd þe for-yeild,’ þan said þai, | |
| ‘Of al þi god, and haue god day.’ |
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. VII. 263. Þis is a loueli lesson · vr lord hit þe for-ȝelde!
c. 1460. Towneley Myst. (Surtees), 102.
| And men say ‘lyght chepe | |
| Letherly for-yeldys.’ |
1560. Rolland, The Court of Venus, II. 560. He said Ladyis, God ȝow forȝeild, adew.
2. To afford, permit.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., I. 309.
| Thyn hous, as wol thi fortune & thi feeld, | |
| Let make hit vp, in craft and in mesure | |
| Hit to repare as may thi londe foryelde. |
Hence Foryielding vbl. sb., the action of the vb., an instance of this; retribution, a reward.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter, cii[i]. 2.
| Blisse, mi saule, to Lauerd of alle thinges, | |
| And nil forgete alle his foryheldinges. |
