Pfahl

Pfahl m (strong, genitive Pfahles or Pfahls, plural Pfähle)

Pfahles (genitive)
Pfahls (genitive)
Pfähle (plural)
Pfahl (nominative singular)
Pfähle (definite nominative plural)
Pfahles (genitive singular)
Pfahls (genitive singular)
Pfähle (definite genitive plural)
Pfahl (dative singular)
Pfahle (dative singular)
Pfählen (dative definite plural)
Pfahl (accusative singular)
Pfähle (accusative definite plural)

From Old High German pfāl, from Latin pālus.


mila

mila (indefinite nominative singular)
milas (genitive indefinite singular)
milan (definite nominative singular)
milans (definite genitive singular)
milor (indefinite nominative plural)
milors (genitive indefinite plural)
milorna (definite nominative plural)
milornas (definite genitive plural)

Old Swedish mila, same as Norwegian mila, Danish mile, Middle Low German mile, German Meiler, of unknown origin.

Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida

1915, Dan Andersson, “Jag väntar...”, in Kolvaktarens visor:

I'm tending my charcoal stack while the hours go by


Einhorn

de-noun

Einhorn n (strong, genitive Einhornes or Einhorns, plural Einhörner)

Einhornes (genitive)
Einhorns (genitive)
Einhörner (plural)
Einhorn (nominative singular)
Einhörner (definite nominative plural)
Einhornes (genitive singular)
Einhorns (genitive singular)
Einhörner (definite genitive plural)
Einhorn (dative singular)
Einhorne (dative singular)
Einhörnern (dative definite plural)
Einhorn (accusative singular)
Einhörner (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʔaɪ̯nˌhɔʁn]

From Middle High German einhorn, einhurne, from Old High German einhorn(o), einhurn(o), a calque of Latin ūnicornis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs). Equivalent to ein + Horn.


Greif

Greif m (strong, genitive Greifes or Greifs, plural Greife)

Greif m (weak, genitive Greifen, plural Greifen)

Greifes (genitive)
Greifs (genitive)
Greife (plural)
Greifen (genitive)
Greifen (plural)
Greif (nominative singular)
Greife (definite nominative plural)
Greifes (genitive singular)
Greifs (genitive singular)
Greife (definite genitive plural)
Greif (dative singular)
Greife (dative singular)
Greifen (dative definite plural)
Greif (accusative singular)
Greife (accusative definite plural)
Greif (nominative singular)
Greifen (definite nominative plural)
Greifen (genitive singular)
Greifen (definite genitive plural)
Greifen (dative singular)
Greifen (dative definite plural)
Greifen (accusative singular)
Greifen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German grīf, grīfe, from Old High German grīf, grīfo, borrowed from Latin gryphus, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Unrelated to greifen (“to grab”).


drago

From earlier draco, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare dragone, from the Latin accusative form.

E' Guelfi soli di Fiorenza usaron per generale insegna la rossa sopra un drago verde

16ᵗʰ century, Vincenzo Borghini, Dell'arme delle famiglie fiorentine, Florence: Pietro Gaet. Viviani, published 1755, page 44, collected in Discorsi di monsignore D. Vincenzio Borghini - parte seconda:

And the Guelphs of Florence alone used a red one [eagle] above a green dragon as their coat of arms


double eagle

(US, numismatics) A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.

(golf) Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole.

iolar dúbailte

golf: three under par, one stroke short of an ace

When a legion pitched its camp, the eagle was placed in its centre; and if it happened that two legions encamped together, they erected upon the limits of the two camps a double eagle, with heads and wings opposed.

1865, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 294:

The black imperial double eagle is better known and still features on the Albanian national flag.

2011, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806, Macmillan International Higher Education, →ISBN, page 115:

That the donors were members of the local Byzantine aristocracy is shown by the double eagle on one of the female donors' attire and demonstrates the continuation of artistic production by the Byzantine elite in Venetian Crete.

2018, Eirini Panou, The Cult of St Anna in Byzantium, Routledge, →ISBN:

A representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the heraldic arms of Russia and Austria and in iconography from Antiquity onward (especially in the Roman Empire).


clarion

The noun is derived from Middle English clarion, clarioun (“trumpet with a narrow tube and a shrill sound, clarion; clarion player”) [and other forms], from Old French claron, clarïon (“clarion”) [and other forms], from Medieval Latin clāriōn, clario, clārōn (“clarion; trumpet”), from Latin clārus (“audible; clear, distinct, loud; (visually) bright, clear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, summon; to cry”).
The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun.

nb...

clarionne, clarioune, claryon, claryoun, claryoune, claryounn, claryounne, claryowne

der

(heraldry) A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.


pergola

→ English: pergola

→ Portuguese: pérgola, pérgula

→ Spanish: pérgola


aspa

(heraldry) saltire (ordinary in the shape of an X)


aspa

→ Catalan: aspa

Tenía dos vergas en el palo de trinquete, y en el de mesana que era pequeñísimo flotaba un jirón rojo, ennegrecido por el humo, en cuyas aspas podía reconocerse las insignias de la Gran Bretaña.


tressure

From Middle English tressour, from a mixture of Old French tressure and tresseor. By surface analysis, tress + -ure.

(heraldry) A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.


kvarn

From Old Swedish kværn, kvarn, from Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerewn- (“millstone”).

mill; the grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, spices, coffee beans etc., or the building or object housing such a grinding apparatus.


roos

nl-noun

roos f (plural rozen, diminutive roosje n)

rozen (plural)
roosje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roos

Jersey Dutch: rôz

→ Caribbean Hindustani: rusi

→ Papiamentu: deros, deroos

From Middle Dutch rose, from Old French rose, from Latin rosa. Doublet of roze.

(heraldry) rose, used as a heraldic charge


faja

Borrowed from Aragonese faxa, from Latin fascia, whence also the now rare inherited doublet haza (“portion of land for sowing”).


pelare

pelare (indefinite nominative singular)
pelares (genitive indefinite singular)
pelaren (definite nominative singular)
pelarens (definite genitive singular)
pelare (indefinite nominative plural)
pelares (genitive indefinite plural)
pelarna (definite nominative plural)
pelarnas (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Swedish pelare, pilare, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, pīlārium, from Latin pīla. Cognate of English pillar, German Pfeiler, French pilier.


orlo

it-noun

orlo m (plural orli, diminutive orlétto or orlìno, augmentative orlóne, pejorative orlàccio)

orli (plural)
orlétto (diminutive)
orlìno (diminutive)
orlóne (augmentative)
orlàccio (pejorative)

From Vulgar Latin *orulus, diminutive of ōra.


orla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ōrula, diminutive of Latin ōra.


orle

From Old French (also modern) orle, from orler (“to hem”), or from Vulgar Latin *orula, a diminutive of Latin ora (“edge”), probably from os, oris (“mouth”).

1819, In his hand he bore that singular “abacus”, or staff of office, with which Templars are usually represented, having at the upper end a round plate, on which was engraved the cross of the Order, inscribed within a circle or orle, as heralds term it. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

(heraldry) A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.


orle

Inherited from Old French orle, from Vulgar Latin *ōrula, a diminutive of Latin ōra (“edge”), probably from ōs, ōris (“mouth”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish orla.


bezant

From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).

One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].

1941 December, “The Why and the Wherefore: Cornish names of G.W.R. locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:

(heraldry) A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.


bezant

nl-noun

bezant m (plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)

bezanten (plural)
bezantje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch besant, from Old French bezant, from Latin byzantius.


leopardo

Borrowed from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “male panther”), a later form of πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”).


fleur-de-lys

(heraldry) Alternative form of fleur-de-lis


lejon

lejon (indefinite nominative singular)
lejons (genitive indefinite singular)
lejonet (definite nominative singular)
lejonets (definite genitive singular)
lejon (indefinite nominative plural)
lejons (genitive indefinite plural)
lejonen (definite nominative plural)
lejonens (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: leijona

→ Northern Sami: ledjon

From Old Swedish leon, from Latin leo. Cognate with Icelandic ljón.


飛龍

New Latin: Feilongus

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

/pue³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

/pue³³⁻²³ leŋ⁵⁵/


regel

regel (indefinite nominative singular)
regels (genitive indefinite singular)
regeln (definite nominative singular)
regelns (definite genitive singular)
reglar (indefinite nominative plural)
reglars (genitive indefinite plural)
reglarna (definite nominative plural)
reglarnas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German regel, further origin disputed. Compare German Riegel, Dutch richel.


hunting horn

(music) A bugle, being either simply curved (especially in heraldry), or having from one (in e.g. some Roman horns) to three (in many modern musical horns) spirals, on which signals are blown during a hunt.


gyron

(heraldry) A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon.


koek

koek m (plural koeken, diminutive koekje n)

koeken (plural)
koekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koek
→ Sotho: kuku

Berbice Creole Dutch: kuku

Jersey Dutch: kuk

→ Sranan Tongo: kuku

→ Lokono: kuku

→ Aukan: kuku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kuku

→ Caribbean Javanese: kuku

→ Kwinti: kúku

→ Saramaccan: kúku

From Middle Dutch coeke, from Old Dutch *kuoko, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô. Doublet of quiche.


unicorno

it-adj

unicorno (feminine unicorna, masculine plural unicorni, feminine plural unicorne)

unicorna (feminine)
unicorni (masculine plural)
unicorne (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin ūnicornis, see uni- + corno.


león

es-noun

león m (plural leones, feminine leona, feminine plural leonas)

leones (plural)
leona (feminine)
leonas (feminine plural)

→ Bikol Central: leon, leyon

→ Guaraní: leõ

→ Kapampangan: leon

→ Papiamentu: leon

→ Quechua: liyun

From Latin leōnem (compare Catalan lleó, French lion, Galician león, Italian leone, Portuguese leão, Romanian leu), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of Semitic origin. Doublet of leu.


ruit

nl-noun

ruit f (plural ruiten, diminutive ruitje n)

ruiten (plural)
ruitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ruit

From Middle Dutch rute, of uncertain origin. Compare German Raute.


luipaard

luipaard m or n (plural luipaarden, diminutive luipaardje n)

luipaarden (plural)
luipaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: luiperd

From Middle Dutch lupaert, leupart, liepart, from Old Dutch *liupard, from Old French leopard, from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos).


cherry blossom

en-noun

cherry blossom (countable and uncountable, plural cherry blossoms)

The cherry blossom was in use in Heian times...For obvious reasons it become the mon of the Sakurai family.

1976, W. M. Hawley, Kei Kaneda Chappelear, Mon: The Japanese Family Crest, page 27:

(heraldry) A stylized depiction of the blossom of the cherry tree, as used in Japanese mon.


bouse

From Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian. Cognate with Piedmontese busa, Ligurian bêusa, bûsa, bûsia and Occitan bosa, bosia.


quatrefoil

/kætɹəˌfɔɪl/

From Old French quatrefoil, from quatre (“four”) + foil (“leaf”).

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.


trappa

trappa (indefinite nominative singular)
trappas (genitive indefinite singular)
trappan (definite nominative singular)
trappans (definite genitive singular)
trappor (indefinite nominative plural)
trappors (genitive indefinite plural)
trapporna (definite nominative plural)
trappornas (definite genitive plural)

desctree

→ Finnish: rappu, trappu (dialectal)
→ Ingrian: trappu (from earlier trappu)

From Old Swedish trapa, trappa, borrowed from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā. Similar to Norwegian trapp, Danish trappe and Faroese trappa.

Hon gick upp/ner för trappan

Trappan har tjugo trappsteg

staircase, stairway, stairs, flight of stairs


trappa

head

trappa (present trappar, preterite trappade, supine trappat, imperative trappa)

trappar (present)
trappade (preterite)
trappat (supine)
trappa (imperative)
trappa (active infinitive)
trappas (infinitive passive)
trappat (active supine)
trappats (passive supine)
trappa (active imperative)
trappen (active archaic imperative plural)
trappar (active indicative present)
trappade (active indicative past)
trappas (indicative passive present)
trappades (indicative passive past)
trappa (active archaic indicative plural present)
trappade (active archaic indicative past plural)
trappas (archaic indicative passive plural present)
trappades (archaic indicative passive past plural)
trappe (active dated present subjunctive)
trappade (active dated past subjunctive)
trappes (dated passive present subjunctive)
trappades (dated passive past subjunctive)
trappande (participle present)

See trappa av, trappa upp and trappa ner.


Delphin

de-noun

Delphin m (strong, genitive Delphins, plural Delphine)

Delphins (genitive)
Delphine (plural)
Delphin (nominative singular)
Delphine (definite nominative plural)
Delphins (genitive singular)
Delphine (definite genitive plural)
Delphin (dative singular)
Delphinen (dative definite plural)
Delphin (accusative singular)
Delphine (accusative definite plural)

→ Bulgarian: делфи́н (delfín)

→ Czech: delfín

→ Macedonian: делфин (delfin)

→ Middle Russian: дельфи́нъ (delʹfín)

desctree

Russian: дельфи́н (delʹfín)
→ Armenian: դելֆին (delfin)
→ Bezhta: делфин (delfin)
→ Kazakh: дельфин (delfin)

→ Polish: delfin

→ Old Ruthenian: делфи́нъ (delfín)
Belarusian: дэльфі́н (delʹfín)
Carpathian Rusyn: делфи́н (delfýn)
Ukrainian: дельфі́н (delʹfín)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: дѐлфӣн

Latin script: dèlfīn

→ Slovak: delfín

→ Swedish: delfin

→ Upper Sorbian: delfin

From Middle High German delfīn, telfīn (13th c.), from Latin delphinus. Forms with diphthongization (Delphein) are hardly attestable, meaning that it was not fully integrated before the Modern German period.


scudetto

scudo + -etto; cognate with Lombard scudet


martlet

From Middle English martilet, probably a blend of martinet (“martin”; from Middle French martinet and Medieval Latin martineta) and Middle French merlet.

merlette

mythological bird in French heraldry depicted with no beak or feet

(heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow with stylized feet.


Lilie

Lilie (genitive)
Lilien (plural)
Lilie (nominative singular)
Lilien (definite nominative plural)
Lilie (genitive singular)
Lilien (definite genitive plural)
Lilie (dative singular)
Lilien (dative definite plural)
Lilie (accusative singular)
Lilien (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German lilje, from Old High German lilia, from Latin lilia.


bordure

[ˈbo̞ɹ.d͡ʒɚ]

-ɔː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)

A collateral form of, and thus a doublet of border (from Middle English bordure).

(heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield.


bordure

Haitian Creole: bòdi

→ Russian: бордюр (bordjur)
→ Georgian: ბორდიური (bordiuri)

Inherited from Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord.


frette

From fretter, or Old French freit, from Latin frīgidus (“cold”).


sufflue

(heraldry) A clarion-like charge on a coat of arms.


nyckel

From Old Swedish nykil, lykil, from Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“close”) + an instrumental suffix -il-. The n-sound has developed through dissimilation of l-l. Related to English lock, Swedish lock, lucka.

Jag stoppade nyckeln i nyckelhålet och vred om

I put the key in the keyhole and turned it [turned about]


comble

(heraldry) A band along the top part of the shield, half the height of the chief.


comble

Inherited from Old French cumble, inherited through a Vulgar Latin form *cumlu(s) from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumulus, a borrowing.


syke

(heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure; a fountain.


fuso

it-noun

fuso m (plural fusi m or (archaic except in fixed expressions) fusa f)

fusi (masculine plural)
fusa (archaic feminine plural)

unk

unclear


scrog

en-noun

scrog (countable and uncountable, plural scrogs)

Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).

cog

Argent, a Palm-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper, surmounted of S. Andrews-cross Gules, on a chiet azur [...]. Azur, a Cheveron Or, betwixt two Scrogs or starved branches in chief, and a mans heart in base argent.

1680, George Mackenzie, Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency, page 59:

(heraldry, countable) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry.


crescente

From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant.


crescente

/kɾɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/


dragão

[dɾaˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare Galician and Spanish dragón; also English drake.


billete

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


fasce

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin fascia. The Old French form faisse, fece, which underwent "re-Latinized" spelling in modern French, was popularly inherited.


foudre

Inherited from Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur, from Proto-Italic *folgos. Alternatively, from fulgere.


lilja

lilja (indefinite nominative singular)
liljas (genitive indefinite singular)
liljan (definite nominative singular)
liljans (definite genitive singular)
liljor (indefinite nominative plural)
liljors (genitive indefinite plural)
liljorna (definite nominative plural)
liljornas (definite genitive plural)


akvedukt

akvedukt (indefinite nominative singular)
akvedukts (genitive indefinite singular)
akvedukten (definite nominative singular)
akveduktens (definite genitive singular)
akvedukter (indefinite nominative plural)
akvedukters (genitive indefinite plural)
akvedukterna (definite nominative plural)
akvedukternas (definite genitive plural)


varvel

From Old French vervelle (“falcon's leg fetter”), from Vulgar Latin derivation of Latin vertibulum (“joint”).

uder

1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon.
To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings.

(falconry, heraldry) A metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.


bâton

→ Crimean Tatar: baton

→ English: baton

→ Norwegian Bokmål: batong

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: batong

→ Polish: baton

→ Portuguese: batom

→ Russian: батон (baton)

→ Swedish: batong, ⇒ batongbröd

→ Vietnamese: ba toong

Inherited from Old French baston, probably from a Vulgar Latin bastōnem, itself a modification of Late Latin bastum, or possibly noun use of the verb *bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō). Compare Italian bastone.


gemelle

(heraldry, rare) Alternative form of gemel


palet

(heraldry) Alternative form of pallet (“diminutive pale”)


róża

pl-noun

róża f (diminutive różyczka, related adjective różany)

różyczka (diminutive)
różany (adjective)
róża (nominative singular)
róże (nominative plural)
róży (genitive singular)
róż (genitive plural)
róży (dative singular)
różom (dative plural)
różę (accusative singular)
róże (accusative plural)
różą (instrumental singular)
różami (instrumental plural)
róży (locative singular)
różach (locative plural)
różo (singular vocative)
róże (plural vocative)

(heraldry) rose (rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed)


falcone

Il falcone, per la sua alterigia e superbia, vole signioreggiare e sopraffare tutti li altri uccelli che son di rapina, e sen desidera essere solo; e spesse volte s’è veduto il falcone assaltare l’aquila, regina delli uccelli.

c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Allegorie ed emblemi”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 307:


Catherine wheel

en-noun

Catherine wheel (plural Catherine wheels)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria was said to have been sentenced to execution on such a wheel, which shattered at her touch.

Sorcerers are too common; cunning men, wizards, and white witches […] have commonly St. Catherine's wheel printed in the roof of their mouth, or in some other part about them […]

[…] her tortures consisted of being broken on a wheel (later called Catherine wheel), but the machine broke down injuring bystanders; Catherine was beheaded.

1992, David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, 3rd edition, page 88:

She only lied to the boy to keep him from hurt, and for her sin her intestines were pulled from her on a Catherine wheel.

2008, Peter Carey, His Illegal Self, page 181:

(historical or heraldry) A breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it.


creciente

From the old active participle of crecer, corresponding to Latin crescentem. Compare English crescent.


dörr

From Old Swedish dyr, from Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

der

door; portal of entry into a building or room, the opening in a wall through which one can walk

door; the rigid plane used to close this opening, or to close the opening to a cupboard or similar enclosed space


adelaar

nl-noun

adelaar m (plural adelaars, diminutive adelaartje n)

adelaars (plural)
adelaartje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch adeler. Cognate with German Adler.

Duitsland, Polen en Roemenië hebben allen adelaars op hun wapens.

Germany, Poland and Romania all have eagles on their coats of arms.

(heraldry) eagle (on or supporting a coat of arms)


coroa

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor, *ker. Doublet of corona.

der

(heraldry) crown (as depicted above a coat of arms)


águia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aguya, from Latin aquila (“eagle”), feminine of aquilus (“dark-coloured”). Doublet of áquila, which was borrowed.

inh+

(heraldry) eagle (representation of such a bird on a coat of arms)


viure

Viure, Wiure, or Wyer. These terms, according to several authorities, signify a very narrow fillet, generally nebuly, which may be placed in bend, in fess, or otherwise. We can point to but one instance of such a bearing, viz. the arms of Haidon, or Haydon, of Devon: argent , three bars gemels azure , on a chief gules a viure or. This is probably nothing but a wide line nebuly.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 320:

[…] how are the viures to be tricked?

1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 91:

(heraldry, rare) A thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.


Lindwurm

de-noun

Lindwurm m (strong, genitive Lindwurmes or Lindwurms, plural Lindwürmer)

Lindwurmes (genitive)
Lindwurms (genitive)
Lindwürmer (plural)
Lindwurm (nominative singular)
Lindwürmer (definite nominative plural)
Lindwurmes (genitive singular)
Lindwurms (genitive singular)
Lindwürmer (definite genitive plural)
Lindwurm (dative singular)
Lindwurme (dative singular)
Lindwürmern (dative definite plural)
Lindwurm (accusative singular)
Lindwürmer (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German lintwurm, from Old High German lindwurm, lintwurm, from Proto-West Germanic *linþawurmi, from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz. By surface analysis, lind + Wurm.


flanc

→ Catalan: flanc

→ Dutch: flank

→ German: Flanke

→ Portuguese: flanco

→ Romanian: flanc

→ Spanish: flanco

Inherited from Middle French and Old French flanc, from Frankish *hlanka, from Proto-Germanic *hlankō. Cognate with Italian fianco.


kapitäl

kapitäl (indefinite nominative singular)
kapitäls (genitive indefinite singular)
kapitälen (definite nominative singular)
kapitälens (definite genitive singular)
kapitäler (indefinite nominative plural)
kapitälers (genitive indefinite plural)
kapitälerna (definite nominative plural)
kapitälernas (definite genitive plural)


estoile

Old French, from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, stella, star, and aster.

doublet

(heraldry) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, as opposed to the straight lines of a mullet.


ceñidor

[θe.ɲiˈð̞oɾ]


brunn

From Old Norse brunnr, bruðr, from Proto-Germanic *brunna-.

a well (hole sunk into the ground, as a source for drinking water or a drain for waste water)


Kanton

de-noun

Kanton m (strong, genitive Kantons, plural Kantone)

Kantons (genitive)
Kantone (plural)
Kanton (nominative singular)
Kantone (definite nominative plural)
Kantons (genitive singular)
Kantone (definite genitive plural)
Kanton (dative singular)
Kantonen (dative definite plural)
Kanton (accusative singular)
Kantone (accusative definite plural)


seadog

(heraldry) A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.


palats

palats (indefinite nominative singular)
palats (genitive indefinite singular)
palatset (definite nominative singular)
palatsets (definite genitive singular)
palats (indefinite nominative plural)
palats (genitive indefinite plural)
palatsen (definite nominative plural)
palatsens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish palaz, from Latin palātium, from Palātium, one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes.


licorne

From Old French unicorne via reanalysis as une icorne (with indefinite article), followed by further reanalysis of the new definite form l'icorne, or from Italian alicorno, variant of liocorno.


fabrik

fabrik (indefinite nominative singular)
fabriks (genitive indefinite singular)
fabriken (definite nominative singular)
fabrikens (definite genitive singular)
fabriker (indefinite nominative plural)
fabrikers (genitive indefinite plural)
fabrikerna (definite nominative plural)
fabrikernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin fabrica, possibly through German Fabrik, French fabrique.

a factory, a plant (industrial facility)


herse

Inherited from Old French herce, from Latin hirpicem. The initial aspiration is said to be onomatopoetic, but may also be due to influence by the unrelated Germanic words at hand in Old Norse herfi, English harrow.


Fallgatter

Fallgatter n (strong, genitive Fallgatters, plural Fallgatter)

Fallgatters (genitive)
Fallgatter (plural)
Fallgatter (nominative singular)
Fallgatter (definite nominative plural)
Fallgatters (genitive singular)
Fallgatter (definite genitive plural)
Fallgatter (dative singular)
Fallgattern (dative definite plural)
Fallgatter (accusative singular)
Fallgatter (accusative definite plural)


cantone

From medieval Gallo-Italic chant "edge, corner" plus the -one augmentative suffix.
The sense of "a portion of territory" alongside the literal meaning "corner" developed by the early 11th century.
The root of chant is ultimately that of Latin cantus (“rim (of a wheel)”).


Raute

Raute (genitive)
Rauten (plural)
Raute (nominative singular)
Rauten (definite nominative plural)
Raute (genitive singular)
Rauten (definite genitive plural)
Raute (dative singular)
Rauten (dative definite plural)
Raute (accusative singular)
Rauten (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German rūte. Probably the same word as etymology 1, the name of the shape being taken from the plant's cross-shaped flower, which is reminiscent of a rhombus. (Compare the picture above.) This etymology is now predominantly accepted, though some sources still consider it uncertain.


decrescent

From decressant, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], present participle of decreistre (“to decrease”).

(heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing to the viewer's right).


increscent

Attested since about 1675, from Latin increscens, present participle of increscere.

(heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to dexter (pointing to the viewer's left).


enhörning

enhörning (indefinite nominative singular)

en + horn + -ing, from Old Norse einhyrningr.


salamandra

From Latin, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).


lelie

nl-noun

lelie f (plural lelies or leliën, diminutive lelietje n)

lelies (plural)
leliën (plural)
lelietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: leli

From Middle Dutch lilie, lēlie, from Old Dutch līlia, lilia, from Late Latin līlia, the plural of Latin līlium that was reinterpreted as a singular form.

(heraldry) a fleur-de-lis, although botanically an iris


kloster

kloster (indefinite nominative singular)
klosters (genitive indefinite singular)
klostret (definite nominative singular)
klostrets (definite genitive singular)
kloster (indefinite nominative plural)
klosters (genitive indefinite plural)
klostren (definite nominative plural)
klostrens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish kloster, kløster, from Old Norse klaustr.

monastery (place of residence for members of a religious community)


alerion

From Middle French alerion. Cognate to French alérion.

(heraldry) A heraldic eagle, especially one displayed without legs/feet or beak.


losanga

Borrowed from French losange, from Old French losenge.


grav

head

grav (comparative gravare, superlative gravast)

gravare (comparative)
gravast (superlative)
grav (indefinite positive)
gravare (comparative indefinite)
gravast (indefinite superlative)
gravt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gravare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
gravast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
grava (indefinite plural positive)
gravare (comparative indefinite plural)
gravast (indefinite plural superlative)
grave (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
gravare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
gravast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
grave (definite masculine positive singular)
gravare (comparative definite masculine singular)
gravaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
grava (definite positive)
gravare (comparative definite)
gravaste (definite superlative)

From French grave. Compare English grave.

severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder


vouivre

Variant of guivre (a form influenced by Germanic), from Old French guivre (cf. also the form wivre), from Latin vīpera. See also the borrowed doublet vipère.


keper

nl-noun

keper m (plural kepers, diminutive kepertje n)

kepers (plural)
kepertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch keper (“rafter, roof beam”), from Vulgar Latin *capriōne, *capreus, from Latin caper (“male goat”). The connection with goats is thought to be the resemblance of two diagonal wooden beams of a roof meeting in the middle with two prancing goats.
Cognate with Middle High German kepfer, French chevron.

inh

(heraldry) a chevron, comprising crossing bands


ged

From Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda (“pike”), cognate with Icelandic gedda (“pike”), Danish gedde (“pike”).

(UK, dialect or heraldry) The pike or luce.


cabrio

From Vulgar Latin *capreus, from Latin caper. Compare Portuguese caibro, cf. also French chevron.


biscione

From biscia (“snake”) + -one (“augmentative suffix”).

affix

(heraldry) a heraldic device consisting of a large snake devouring a person


cross crosslet

en-noun

cross crosslet (plural crosses crosslet)

(heraldry) A cross with the ends of each arm crossed.


cross flory

(heraldry) A cross with the ends of the arms flory, having a shape like a fleur-de-lis (⚜).


kolonn

kolonn (indefinite nominative singular)
kolonns (genitive indefinite singular)
kolonnen (definite nominative singular)
kolonnens (definite genitive singular)
kolonner (indefinite nominative plural)
kolonners (genitive indefinite plural)
kolonnerna (definite nominative plural)
kolonnernas (definite genitive plural)

(mathematics) column; vertical row in a matrix


trébol

Borrowed from Catalan trèvol, from Vulgar Latin *trifulus < *trifolum, from Latin trifolium, calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon, “clover”), from τρία (tría, “three”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”). Doublet of trifolio. Cognate with English trefoil.


trevo

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *trifŏlum, from Latin trifolium (“trefoil, clover”), from tria (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).


mascle

From Middle English mascle, maskel, from Old French mascle, macle, from Medieval Latin mascula, from a Germanic source (compare English mesh). Doublet of mail.

(heraldry) A lozenge with a smaller lozenge-shaped hole in the centre.


katedral

katedral (indefinite nominative singular)
katedrals (genitive indefinite singular)
katedralen (definite nominative singular)
katedralens (definite genitive singular)
katedraler (indefinite nominative plural)
katedralers (genitive indefinite plural)
katedralerna (definite nominative plural)
katedralernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: katedraali

a cathedral (the principal church of a bishop's diocese which contains an episcopal throne)


maunch

From Middle English maunche, from Old French maunche, one of the variants of manche, from Latin manica. Doublet of manche.


unicornio

[…]las últimas rondas de inversión (157 millones en 2021 y 81 millones en 2023) han aupado la valoración hasta los 771 millones, lo que la acerca a la cifra mítica de los 1.000 millones, lo que en el mundo de las start-ups se conoce como un unicornio— y lograr la rentabilidad.

2023 August 11, Josep Catà Figuls, “Las promesas incumplidas de Wallapop: cerca de ser un ‘unicornio’, pero aún lejos de la rentabilidad”, in El País:


scaglione

troncato in scaglione


pentalfa

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek πένταλφα (péntalpha), derived from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”).


vergette

From verge (“rod”) + -ette, from Latin virga.

(heraldry) a pale at least fivefold thinner than usual


apple of Grenada

en-noun

apple of Grenada (plural apples of Grenada)

For this service, he received from that monarch a picturesque addition to the arms of the family, in the form of a canton charged with the pomegranate (the apple of Grenada), which, as it was borne by his collateral descendants[…]


häck

Borrowed from German Hecke. Cognate of Danish hæk, Dutch haag, Icelandic hekk, Old English hecg (“fence”). Doublet of hage and hägg.


kanton

kanton (indefinite nominative singular)
kantons (genitive indefinite singular)
kantonen (definite nominative singular)
kantonens (definite genitive singular)
kantoner (indefinite nominative plural)
kantoners (genitive indefinite plural)
kantonerna (definite nominative plural)
kantonernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Italian cantone. Doublet of kant. First attested in 1734.


losango

Borrowed from French losange, from Old Occitan lausa (“flat stone”), from Gaulish.


badelaire

Borrowed from French badelaire, baudelaire, a corruption of earlier (14th century) baselard.

(heraldry) This sword used as a heraldic charge.


gärdesgård

gärdesgård (indefinite nominative singular)


karbonkel

nl-noun

karbonkel m (plural karbonkels, diminutive karbonkeltje n)

karbonkels (plural)
karbonkeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: karbonkel

From Middle Dutch carbonkel, from Old Northern French carbuncle, from Latin carbunculus.


billette

French: billette


gillyflower

By folk etymology (with influence from flower) from French girofle, gilofre, from Late Latin caryophyllum, from Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon, “dried flower buds of the clove tree”).

der

(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.


sexfoil

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with six lobes


cinquefoil

From Old French cinqfoil, from cinq (“five”) + foil (“leaf”).

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.

quinquefoli

heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes


Tudor rose

(heraldry) A heraldic emblem of England, formed from the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York.


fontän

fontän (indefinite nominative singular)
fontäns (genitive indefinite singular)
fontänen (definite nominative singular)
fontänens (definite genitive singular)
fontäner (indefinite nominative plural)
fontäners (genitive indefinite plural)
fontänerna (definite nominative plural)
fontänernas (definite genitive plural)


crosslet

From Middle English crosselet, from Anglo-Norman croiselette; alternatively, cross + -let.

Then Vna gan to aske, if ought he knew, / Or heard abroad of that her champion trew, / That in his armour bare a croslet red.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(chiefly heraldry) A small cross with crossed arms.


delf

From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ġedelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”). More at delve.

two delves gules

(heraldry) A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.


Paschal Lamb

[…]but when the Holy or Paschal Lamb is intended then the face should be guardant or reguardant.

1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry, revised edition, page 362:

(heraldry) A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).

paaslam

heraldry: a lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag


bouget

The heraldic sense derives from an older spelling and meaning of budget, "small bag" (compare Middle English bouget, bowgett (“a leather bag or wallet”)), from Middle French bougette (“little pouch”).

cog

(heraldry) A charge resembling a yoke and a pair of the water bags that were formerly used to supply an army in battle.


gonfanon

/ˈɡɑːn.fəˌnɑːn/

(heraldry) A banner with three "tails", typically with the middle one longer than the others, and three loops at the top representing where it would have been attached to a pole.


gonfalon

/ˈɡɑːn.fəˌlɑːn/

From Middle English gonfalon, from Old French gonfalon, from Frankish *gunþifanō, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô.


couple-close

(heraldry) A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs.

två smala sparrar

heraldry: diminutive of the chevron, always borne in pairs


cinqfoil

The wife of Saher was Margaret sister and coheir of Robert Earl of Leicester, whose seal exhibits a cinqfoil.

1869, William Smith Ellis, The Antiquities of Heraldry, pPage 226:

(heraldry) Alternative spelling of cinquefoil


skjul

skjul (indefinite nominative singular)
skjuls (genitive indefinite singular)
skjulet (definite nominative singular)
skjulets (definite genitive singular)
skjul (indefinite nominative plural)
skjuls (genitive indefinite plural)
skjulen (definite nominative plural)
skjulens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish skiul, Old Norse skjúl, from Proto-Germanic *skeulą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).


lilia

lilijka (diminutive)
lilia (nominative singular)
lilie (nominative plural)
lilii (genitive singular)
lilii (genitive plural)
lilij (archaic genitive plural)
lilii (dative singular)
liliom (dative plural)
lilię (accusative singular)
lilie (accusative plural)
lilią (instrumental singular)
liliami (instrumental plural)
lilii (locative singular)
liliach (locative plural)
lilio (singular vocative)
lilie (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle High German lilje, from Old High German lilja, from Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.

(heraldry) fleur-de-lis (heraldic charge)


annelet

Inherited from Old French anelet, diminutive of anel (“ring”) (modern anneau).


besant

(heraldry) roundel of metal, especially of or (“gold”): bezant


stängsel

stängsel (indefinite nominative singular)
stängsels (genitive indefinite singular)
stängslet (definite nominative singular)
stängslets (definite genitive singular)
stängsel (indefinite nominative plural)
stängsels (genitive indefinite plural)
stängslen (definite nominative plural)
stängslens (definite genitive plural)

stänga + -sel. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk stengsel.

a fence (now most commonly a chain-link or other wire fence)


septfoil

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.


stolpe

From Old Swedish stolpe, from Old Norse stolpi, from Proto-Germanic *stulpan, related to *stallaz (“stable, standing, stall”).


kolmila

kolmila (indefinite nominative singular)
kolmilas (genitive indefinite singular)
kolmilan (definite nominative singular)
kolmilans (definite genitive singular)
kolmilor (indefinite nominative plural)
kolmilors (genitive indefinite plural)
kolmilorna (definite nominative plural)
kolmilornas (definite genitive plural)

a charcoal stack; a pile of wood covered with dirt and ignited, for the production of charcoal


kåta

kåta (indefinite nominative singular)
kåtas (genitive indefinite singular)
kåtan (definite nominative singular)
kåtans (definite genitive singular)
kåtor (indefinite nominative plural)
kåtors (genitive indefinite plural)
kåtorna (definite nominative plural)
kåtornas (definite genitive plural)

Derived from Proto-Samic *koatē. Compare to Norwegian Nynorsk kåte and Southern Sami gåetie. Ultimately from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kota.

a goahti (traditional dwelling of the Sami people)


kyrkklocka

kyrkklocka (indefinite nominative singular)
kyrkklockas (genitive indefinite singular)
kyrkklockan (definite nominative singular)
kyrkklockans (definite genitive singular)
kyrkklockor (indefinite nominative plural)
kyrkklockors (genitive indefinite plural)
kyrkklockorna (definite nominative plural)
kyrkklockornas (definite genitive plural)


domkyrka

domkyrka (indefinite nominative singular)
domkyrkas (genitive indefinite singular)
domkyrkan (definite nominative singular)
domkyrkans (definite genitive singular)
domkyrkor (indefinite nominative plural)
domkyrkors (genitive indefinite plural)
domkyrkorna (definite nominative plural)
domkyrkornas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: tuomiokirkko (calque)


bjälke

From Old Norse bjalki, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-.


gemel

From Middle English gemow, from Old French gemel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus (“twin”). The modern form is influenced by the Latin etymon.

two gemells silver between two griffins passant

1698, John Strype, Life of the learned Sir Thomas Smith:

(heraldry) One of a pair of small bars placed together.


lunel

From French lunel, a heraldic term based on lune (“moon”). Compare Spanish lunel, Italian lunello.

(heraldry) A charge formed by four crescents in cross with their horns pointing inwards.


tourteau

(heraldry) roundel (of any color except or or argent)


lioncel

(heraldry) A small lion, when one of several in a coat of arms.


écusson

Inherited from Old French escuchon, escusson.


chevronel

CHEVRONEL, a diminutive of chevron, and as ſuch only containing half a chevron.

1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:

(heraldry) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.


woolpack

From Middle English wolpak, wullepak, equivalent to wool + pack.

(heraldry) A charge resembling a pillow or cushion.


virole

From French virole (“ferrule”). See ferrule.

[…] except when he has a hood, bells, virols, or rings, and leashes, in which case he is said to be hooded, belled, jessed, and leashed; […]

1836, Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford, The Popular Encyclopedia;: pt. 1: England-Germany (literature and science), page 698:

The Florentine GUICCIARDINI bore : Azure, three hunting-horns argent, the mouth-pieces and viroles or, banded gules. Gules, three trumpets fessways in pale argent, is the canting coat of CALL (Baronets).

1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 386:

Viroled- (vi-rold') Furnished with a virole or viroles. Said of a bugle or horn when borne with rings of a different tincture from the bugle itself.

1908, Arthur Francis Pimbley, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: Together with an Illustrated Supplement, page 67:

(heraldry) A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.


rustre

(heraldry) A lozenge with a smaller round hole in the centre, showing the field (rarely used).


wolfsangel

From German Wolfsangel (literally “wolf hook”).

bor

(heraldry, symbology) A Z-shaped symbol, reminiscent of the Germanic wolf hook hunting device


pheon

(heraldry) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.


flanch

English dialect [Term?] (“a projection”), Old French flanche (“flank”). See flank.

(heraldry) A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs.


guze

Uncertain. Attested since at least 1562. According to "A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry" by James Parker (published in 1894) it comes from Turkish göz, meaning “eye”.

(heraldry) A roundlet of the sanguine tincture, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.


herisson

French hérisson, hedgehog. Doublet of urchin.


shakefork

CUNNINGHAM of GLENGARNOCK, descended of a second Son of Henry Cuninghame of Kilmaures, and his Spouse Riddel Heiress of Glengarnock […] carry Argent, a Shakefork Sable, charged with a Cinque foil of the first: […]

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 196:

CUNYNGHAME of Milneraig and Livingston (L. O., 1775). Argent, a shakefork sable between three fleurs-de-lis azure, one in chief and two in flank.

1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 403:

(heraldry) A pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.


escarbuncle

Old French escharboncle, see Modern French escaboucle.


charbocle

The horse is entirely covered by a flowing checkered trapper, with a charbocle like that of the earl's crest, fixed between the ears.

1914, Surrey Archaeological Collections, page 125:

The device of the charbocle is thought to emanate from an ornamental or more probably a constructional part of a shield and is most often associated with the kings of Navarre or the counts and dukes of Cleves, and as a difference with the family of Mandeville. The centre of the charbocle was sometimes known as the heart and the possibility that the heart depicted at the centre of the Basset charbocle may be a pun cannot be ignored.

2002, Laurence Keen, Eileen Scarff, Windsor, page 133:

The armorial decoration of the inside of the shield, in the form of a charbocle on a ground powdered with fleurs-de-lis, was recognised by Gough as referring to Joan of Navarre, the second wife of Henry IV.

2003, Jenny Stratford, The Lancastrian Court: Proceedings of the 2001 Harlaxton Symposium, page 132:

The oval medallion consists of a crowned shield with two rampant lions as supporters. The crowned lion on the left represents Berg whereas the lion on the right symbolizes Jülich. The triparted shield consists of a charbocle (Cleve) , a fess checky (Mark), and three chevrons (Ravensburg).

2004, Jamestown Rediscovery, 1994-2004, page 4:


rundel

rundel (indefinite nominative singular)
rundels (genitive indefinite singular)
rundeln (definite nominative singular)
rundelns (definite genitive singular)
rundlar (indefinite nominative plural)
rundlars (genitive indefinite plural)
rundlarna (definite nominative plural)
rundlarnas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German rundēl, from French rondelle, from ronde. Cognate of Danish runddel, German Rundell. Doublet of rond and rondell.


cottise

Compare French côté (“side”), Latin costa (“rib”).

(heraldry) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.


torteau

From Old French torteau, tortel, from Latin tortus (“twisted”). See tort.

(heraldry) A roundel of a red colour (gules).


patonce

Compare French patte d’once (“paw of an ounce”).

(heraldry) A cross whose four arms expand in curves from the centre, with floriated ends.


macle

→ English: macle

The second sense is from Latin mascula, from Germanic (see English mascle for details). The first sense either has the same origin, or derives from macula (from Italic).


Greek cross

(heraldry) A cross with orthogonal arms of equal length.


merlion

Probably a variant of merlin, from Middle English merlioun, merlinge, marlyon, merlion, merlone, merlyon, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”).

der

He beareth two coats quarterly, with an Inſcocheon of pretence, viz. The firſt, per bend nebulee, Or and Sable, a Lion Rampant counterchained, by the name of Sympſon; The ſecond, Argent, a Feſſe, Gules, between three Merlions, or Sparhawks, Sable, beaks and legs, Or, by the name of Oneſlow; […]

1666, John Guillim, “Section VI, Chapter I”, in A Display of Herauldry: […], 6th edition, London: […] John Williams […], and Joshua Kirton […]; Humphrey Tuckey […], and Francis Tyton […], →OCLC, page 384:

Martlet, or merlion, a fabulous bird, of constant adoption in armorials, shaped like a martin or swallow, and always drawn without legs, with short tufts of feathers instead, divided into two parts, somewhat like an erasure, and forming, as it were, thighs. This is the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

[1884, Bernard Burke, “Dictionary of Terms Used in Heraldry”, in The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; […], 2nd edition, London: Harrison & Sons, […], →OCLC, page xli:

(heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow with stylized feet; a martlet.


chabot

Chabots[:] Or three chabots gu.

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 839:

Over all an escutcheon of pretence : 1 and 4 , Gules, nine mascles conjoined or, 3, 3, 3 (Rohan); 2 and 3, Or, three chabots hauriant gules (Chabot).

1901, Ex Libris Society, The Journal of the Ex Libris Society, page 66:

"Or, three chabots gules” is the crest of a French family of the name of Chabot.

1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory, London : T.C.; & E.C. Jack, page 186:

Arms : Gules three gemels gold on a quarter silver three chabots erect gules.

1928, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Committee on Heraldry, A Roll of Arms:

(heraldry, rare) A kind of fish, mainly found on the coat of arms of the Chabot family ("or, three chabots gules").


geer

nl-noun

geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)

geren (plural)
geertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.


escalop

Old French escalope (“shell”), French escalope (“a sort of cut of meat”).

uder

(heraldry) A bearing or charge consisting of an escalop shell, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.


merlette

From Late Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman merlet (from merle (“blackbird”) + -et (“suffix forming a noun”)), or from Middle French merlette (“little blackbird; merlette (heraldic charge)”) (from merle (“blackbird”)—formerly a feminine noun) + -ette (“diminutive suffix for a feminine noun”). Merle is from Latin merula (“blackbird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”).

der

(heraldry) In French heraldry, a depiction of a mythological bird without beak or feet.

martlet

depiction of a bird in English heraldry with stylized feet


merlette

From merle + -ette, literally “little blackbird”, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century (a male: "une merle", a little male: "une merlette").
Meaning 2 (hen blackbird) appears in 1839.


crancelin

From French crancelin, from German Kränzlein (“small garland”).

A chaplet of rue, sometimes called a crancelin, is blazoned bend-wise in the shield of Saxony – Barry often or and sa., over all a chaplet of rue vert.

1914, Charles Boutel, AC Fox-Davies, The Handbook to English Heraldry, page 151:

His arms show the crancelin of Saxony impaled with the crossed swords of the Marshalcy of the Empire which went with the Saxon Electorate.

1991, Jiří Louda, Michael Maclagan, Lines of Succession, page 204:

The crancelin, running from upper left to bottom right, took the form of a crenellated garland in deep green.

2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 565:

(heraldry) A chaplet of rue, as used as a charge on the arms of Saxony.


octofoil

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with eight lobes; a double quatrefoil.


dufoil

From duo (“two”) + foil (“leaf”). Compare twifoil.


twifoil

(heraldry) A head of two leaves growing out of a stem.


besante

(heraldry) bezant (heraldic representation of a gold coin)


faixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese faixa, from Latin fascia (“strip, ribbon”). Doublet of fáscia.

(heraldry) fess (horizontal band across the middle of the shield)


anatrella

From anatra (“duck”) + -ella (diminutive suffix).

suffix

(heraldry) a stylized figure of a duck in profile with wings closed, and no beak or legs


anelletto

From anello + -etto (diminutive suffix).


lunello

Borrowed either from Spanish lunel or directly from French lunel, ultimately based on Latin lūna (“moon”).

(heraldry) a charge consisting of four crescents arrranged in a ring


shambrough

(heraldry) A depiction of a boat or ship.


zule

Those of Zulestein, are Gules, three Zules, Or.

1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 117:

ZULE : a chess rook : so called in the coat of ZULEISTEIN (gules, three zules argent, a label of three points of the last,) borne on an escutcheon surtout by the earls of Rochford.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 330:

FREDERICK NASSAU DE ZUYLESTEIN, EARL OF ROCHFORD Quarterly, [...] over all, in an escutcheon Gules three zules Argent, two and one, for Zuylestein.

1914, Joint Publishing Committee Representing the London County Council and the London Survey Committee, Survey of London:

(heraldry) One of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein.


cantão

[kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from French canton. By surface analysis, canto + -ão.

(heraldry) canton (charge in upper dexter corner of shield)


baton sinister

(heraldry) A kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield


bar sinister

en-noun

bar sinister (usually uncountable, plural bars sinister)

"A king's son, though with the bar sinister on his shield, is at least a match for this marmoset of a marquis."

1825, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 24, in The Talisman:

At any rate no bar sinister appeared on the imperial escutcheon.

1906, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 1, in Sir John Constantine:

They were descended from the Earls of Halifax and Scarbrough but, as the bar sinister in the Savile coat of arms suggests, illegitimately.

2001 May 7, “Obituary: Henry Lumley-Savile”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-04-04:

(heraldry, considered nonstandard) A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.


cross bottony

(heraldry) A cross having each arm terminating in three rounded lobes, forming a sort of trefoil.


aylet

(heraldry) A black bird with red feet and beak.


merleta

(heraldry) martlet (a mythical bird, often used in heraldry, which possessed no feet)


macla

Borrowed from French macle, from Medieval Latin mascula, from a Germanic source.


flor-de-lis

(heraldry) fleur-de-lis (design representing a flower with three petals)


chevronelle

(heraldry, rare) Alternative form of chevronel


faas

nl-noun

faas f (plural fazen, diminutive faasje n)

fazen (plural)
faasje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch faesche, from Middle French fasce, from Latin fascia.


kapell

kapell (indefinite nominative singular)
kapells (genitive indefinite singular)
kapellet (definite nominative singular)
kapellets (definite genitive singular)
kapell (indefinite nominative plural)
kapells (genitive indefinite plural)
kapellen (definite nominative plural)
kapellens (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: kappeli

From Old Swedish cappell, from Medieval Latin cappella.


hamade

From French, derived from the town of La Hamaide (in Belgium).

I said I thought that a hamade consists of three trunked bars, even though the Bigot Roll of 1254 blazons d'Abrichecourt's arms as having 'three hamades.' The writers in the Antiquaries' Journal, however, in addition to the Bigot Roll,[…]

1952, The Coat of Arms: An Heraldic Quarterly Magazine:

It consists of a bar couped at each end, but was originally always borne in threes. There is a dispute as to whether a hamade is properly three couped bars and therefore cannot be borne singly. The adjective humetty (q.v.) is[…]

1985, John Philip Brooke-Little, An Heraldic Alphabet, Robson Books Limited:

(heraldry) A bar that does not touch the edges of the shield, especially if borne as part of a set of three (which may be of equal length, or have the top bar longer than the bottom one; and may have straight edges, or slanted edges with the base shorter than the top).


sparre

From Old Swedish sparre, from Old Norse sparri, from Proto-Germanic *sparrô.


fleur de lis

→ Russian: флёр-де-лис (fljór-dɛ-lis)


aquila spiegata

it-noun

aquila spiegata f (plural aquile spiegate)

(heraldry) spread eagle, eagle displayed (with outstretched wings)


aquila imperiale

aquila imperiale f (plural aquile imperiali)


agnello pasquale

agnello pasquale m (plural agnelli pasquali)


corno da caccia

corno da caccia m (plural corni da caccia)


tegelsten

tegelsten (indefinite nominative singular)

a brick (rectangular block of burned clay)


Sparren

de-noun

Sparren m (strong, genitive Sparrens, plural Sparren)

Sparrens (genitive)
Sparren (plural)
Sparren (nominative singular)
Sparren (definite nominative plural)
Sparrens (genitive singular)
Sparren (definite genitive plural)
Sparren (dative singular)
Sparren (dative definite plural)
Sparren (accusative singular)
Sparren (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German sparre, from Old High German sparro, from Proto-Germanic *sparrô.


ワイバーン

ja-noun

ワイバーン • (waibān)

[β̞a̠ibã̠ːɴ]


inverted pall

The Chinese running-hand form of the number six is 1, and this scarcely bears comparison with the mark in question, which looks almost exactly like an inverted pall or Y, each of whose three branches is formed of four circlets or dots, making twelve altogether.

It may be embroidered or edged with lace and a cross worked on its centre to distinguish it from the Mass corporal; or an inverted pall of the right size might conveniently be used if preferred.

1956, Edward Cyril Russell Lamburn, Ritual Notes:

When the two arms of the "Y" are on the hoist it may be called a simple pall, with the two arms on the fly a reversed pall, with the two arms on the top edge an upright pall and with the two arms on the bottom edge of the flag an inverted pall.

2008, A. P. Burgers, The South African flag book:


dancette

Apparently from a scribal error for French or Middle French denché, from Old French denché, dansié, from Latin dens (“tooth”).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dancette.

(heraldry) A zigzag or indented line or figure.


lymphad

(heraldry) A single-masted ship propelled by oars, usually indicating a Scottish title associated with islands.


amphiptere

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “amphi-”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

af

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">amphi-</i>

Azure, an amphiptere or, rising between two mountains argent, are the arms of Camoens, the Portuguese poet.

1969, John Vinycomb, Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:

(heraldry, fantasy) A type of winged serpent, with two bat-like wings and typically with no other limbs.


demilion

(heraldry) The upper or front half of a lion.


satyral

From Old French satirel (“little satyr”); see satyr for more.

Two satyrals supported the arms of the lords Stawell.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 339:

Behind the satyral, the foliage rustled, and to Jingo's mounting astonishment, a huge brown susquat rushed into the encampment and stood beside the satyral, growling and baring his teeth at the salax king. It was Hooks, and the ghastly[…]

2011 10, Robert Louis Smith, Antiquitas Lost: The Last of the Shamalans, Medlock Publishing LLC, →ISBN:

(heraldry and fantasy) A creature with a human head and the limbs of different animals.


gamb

From Middle French gambe (variant of jambe) from Late Latin gamba (hoof, leg, shank). Doublet of jamb, gamba, and gam.

Vachell, Eng. a bull's gamb in pale, couped, argent. […] Vaughan of Littleton, Middlesex, a lion's gamb, or, holding a human heart, gules.

1817, Alexander Deuchar, British Crests: containing the crests and mottos of the families of Great Britain and Ireland; together with those of the principal cities; and a glossary of heraldic terms ... Embellished with nearly fourteen hundred crests, engraved by Robert Kirkwood, from original drawings, by G. Sanders, and J. Grant, page 284:

(heraldry) The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.


broad arrow

From Middle English brodarwe, brode arewe, brood arowe.

Their boats were manned by convicts, dressed in prison clothing, freely decorated with numbers and emblazoned all over with the ominous broad arrow.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 197:

(A stylized representation of) a metal arrowhead, comprising a tang and two barbs meeting at a point; used traditionally in heraldry, and later by the British government to mark government property and convict uniforms.


shackle bolt

(heraldry) A bearing representing a fetlock for hobbling a horse.


dragu

→ English: Rao, Rau

→ Italian: Rao, Rau

From Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare Spanish drago, Portuguese drago. Compare the registry coexistence in Sicily of the surnames Rau (and Rao) and the italianized Drago; this latter is strictly Sicilian and differs from the Italian Draghi, which is instead typically recorded in the plural.


créquier

From French créquier, from Old French crekere, derived from Old French creque, creke, borrowed from Middle Dutch crieke, related to Middle High German kreke (whence German Krieche (“damson plum”)).

83, the arms of the Créquy family are the créquier gules on a field or; see the picture.

Gules, a créquier argent, are the arms of LE JOSNE (now LE JEUNE) Marquis DE CONTOY. Argent , a nut tree eradicated vert, is borne by NOZIER, and NOGARET in France, and by FACCHINETTI in Italy.

1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 335:

(heraldry) A highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum.


Brunswick star

From the German Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

(heraldry) An emblem formed by an eight-pointed or sixteen-pointed star composed of many narrow rays.


bend dexter

(heraldry) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going (from the viewer's perspective) from top left to the bottom right.


duvslag

duvslag (indefinite nominative singular)
duvslags (genitive indefinite singular)
duvslaget (definite nominative singular)
duvslagets (definite genitive singular)
duvslag (indefinite nominative plural)
duvslags (genitive indefinite plural)
duvslagen (definite nominative plural)
duvslagens (definite genitive plural)


helmteken

nl-noun

helmteken n (plural helmtekens, diminutive helmtekentje n)

helmtekens (plural)
helmtekentje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of helm (“helmet”) + teken (“sign, marking”).

compound

(heraldry) a crest, bearing worn tusually on a helmet or other headdress above the shield, or sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield


hänglås

hänglås (indefinite nominative singular)
hänglås (genitive indefinite singular)
hänglåset (definite nominative singular)
hänglåsets (definite genitive singular)
hänglås (indefinite nominative plural)
hänglås (genitive indefinite plural)
hänglåsen (definite nominative plural)
hänglåsens (definite genitive plural)


kyrktorn

kyrktorn (indefinite nominative singular)
kyrktorns (genitive indefinite singular)
kyrktornet (definite nominative singular)
kyrktornets (definite genitive singular)
kyrktorn (indefinite nominative plural)
kyrktorns (genitive indefinite plural)
kyrktornen (definite nominative plural)
kyrktornens (definite genitive plural)


vattenhjul

vattenhjul (indefinite nominative singular)
vattenhjuls (genitive indefinite singular)
vattenhjulet (definite nominative singular)
vattenhjulets (definite genitive singular)
vattenhjul (indefinite nominative plural)
vattenhjuls (genitive indefinite plural)
vattenhjulen (definite nominative plural)
vattenhjulens (definite genitive plural)


väderkvarn

väderkvarn (indefinite nominative singular)

From väder (“weather, (dated) wind”) + kvarn (“mill”).


Ruës

From older rōsa, from Latin rosa, of uncertain origin. See English rose for more.

(heraldry) The rose as used in heraldry, on a coat of arms


saltorel

[…] saltorels ar. […]

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:

John Edward Devlin. Armorial. Victorian. "College of Arms" shield. Arms : Azure, a saltorel, or, between three stars, argent. Crest : A griffin passant [gules], charged on the shoulder with the saltorel as in arms. Motto : Crux mea stella.

1905, Joseph Winfred Spenceley, A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched & Engraved Book-plates, page 9:

But it is striking that this armorial resembles that of the city of Amsterdam which has three saltorels per pale, without the flowering stems. The manors of Zundert and Breda in western North Brabant also have saltorels in their arms[…]

2007, Jochem Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market: Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms of Dutch Families, W Books:


water-bouget

Synonym of bouget (“heraldic charge resembling a pair of water bags”)


Schtar

Schtare̩ (plural)
Schtäre̩ke̩ (diminutive)

From Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
Cognates
Cognate with English star, Dutch ster, German Stern, Central Franconian Stään, Luxembourgish Stär, Yiddish שטערן (shtern).

Schtäär

Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread

Stär

Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Northwest of the Panningen-line

(geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object


boterol

From French bouterolle (or a Middle French predecessor thereof).

The chape, crampet or tag of a scabbard, or a representation thereof in heraldry.


mound royal

(heraldry) orb (surmonted by a cross), mound, globus cruciger


amphithere

(heraldry, fantasy) Alternative form of amphiptere


guivre

The guivre / The legless and wingless guivre would have seemed a mere serpent, albeit an immensely powerful one, except for its massive dragon head, horned and bearded. Guivres liked to live in forests and wells—anywhere near water[…]

(heraldry, mythology) A serpentine creature, variously one with no limbs (like a simple snake, but often depicted swallowing someone), or with wings and only two legs (a wyvern).


cross potent

(heraldry) A cross with crossbars at the ends of its arms.


cross potence

Chace, Gu. four crosses potence ar. two and two; on a canton az, a lion passant or.

1780, Joseph Edmondson, A Complete Body of Heraldry:

Crest - A lion ramp. or, holding betw. his feet a cross potence gu.

1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland:

(heraldry) Alternative form of cross potent.


pairle

Azure, a Pairle Or.

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 195:

As to its position, examples of its use in bend, in saltire, and even in pairle, are to be found without difficulty. It may be well to remark that the position of charges in pairle is a very common one in German heraldry,[…]

1886, Walford Dakin Selby, The Genealogist, page 228:

The trail entered Covington from the northeast and went out through Conecuh. In general, Conecuh, Butler, and Covington Counties are at the three ends of a Y (pairle). By notching the pairle the old trail is exactly indicated.

1928, United States. National Guard Bureau, Official National Guard Register, page 58:


Calvary cross

Arms of Baldwin : Gules, on a chevron or between three Calvary crosses argent, as many slips of laurel fructed proper; with an inescocheon, Azure, within barrulets or, three escallops fessways erminois, in chief an etoile […] Crest, a squirrel or, sejant upon a hazel-branch fructed turned up behind his back, the dexter paw holding a slip of the same proper, the sinister paw resting upon a Calvary cross sable.

1864, London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society, page 57:

[...] in the Notitia Monastica it is a Calvary cross sable, standing on a basis of two steps, and fimbriated or. Or the device may have belonged to some guild or fraternity among the townsmen of Nottingham. Thoroton mentions one more[…]

1867, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 168:

The arms are argent, a Calvary cross gules. Is the name identical with our Brignal so common in the county of Durham, and which probably originates from Brignal near Rokeby?

(heraldry) A cross atop a platform of (typically three) stepped tiers.


pall reversed

The Chinese running-hand form of the number six is 1, and this scarcely bears comparison with the mark in question, which looks almost exactly like an inverted pall or Y, each of whose three branches is formed of four circlets or dots, making twelve altogether.

It may be embroidered or edged with lace and a cross worked on its centre to distinguish it from the Mass corporal; or an inverted pall of the right size might conveniently be used if preferred.

1956, Edward Cyril Russell Lamburn, Ritual Notes:

When the two arms of the "Y" are on the hoist it may be called a simple pall, with the two arms on the fly a reversed pall, with the two arms on the top edge an upright pall and with the two arms on the bottom edge of the flag an inverted pall.

2008, A. P. Burgers, The South African flag book:

(heraldry) An ordinary that looks like an upside-down 'Y' (⅄).


cross moline

(heraldry) A cross that has four equal-length arms with forked tips, so that it resembles a moline.


mannuciu

From Late Latin manuculus (“handful”), from Latin manipulus. Related to Spanish manojo (“handful, bunch”).


szewron

szewron (nominative singular)
szewrony (nominative plural)
szewronu (genitive singular)
szewronów (genitive plural)
szewronowi (dative singular)
szewronom (dative plural)
szewron (accusative singular)
szewrony (accusative plural)
szewronem (instrumental singular)
szewronami (instrumental plural)
szewronie (locative singular)
szewronach (locative plural)
szewronie (singular vocative)
szewrony (plural vocative)

(heraldry) chevron (V-shaped mark or symbol, often inverted)


enfield

Tradition relates, that the O'Kelly crest of “the Enfield” originated at this time, from the circumstance of this animal having issued from the sea, to protect the body of Tadhg from the Danes, 'till rescued by his followers.

1847, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, page 957:

A heraldic beast with the head of a fox, the chest of a greyhound, the talons of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the hindlegs and tail of a wolf.


rogacina

rogacina (nominative singular)
rogaciny (nominative plural)
rogaciny (genitive singular)
rogacin (genitive plural)
rogacinie (dative singular)
rogacinom (dative plural)
rogacinę (accusative singular)
rogaciny (accusative plural)
rogaciną (instrumental singular)
rogacinami (instrumental plural)
rogacinie (locative singular)
rogacinach (locative plural)
rogacino (singular vocative)
rogaciny (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish rogacina. By surface analysis, rogaty + -ina. Piecewise doublet of rohatyna.

(heraldry) cypher charge from Polish heraldry, resembling a broad arrow mounted on a straight shaft