urdé

See also: urde

English

Alternative forms
  • urdy

Etymology

Likely from a misreading of French [croix] vidée (“reduced [cross]”).

Alternatively, from Anglo-Norman urdee, ordé (“pointed”), ultimately from Frankish *ord (“point”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”). More at English ord.

Adjective

urdé (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Pointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.

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