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.

Anagrams

• Duer, dure, rude, rued, ured