- acorn

Acorn -- жёлудь

фр. gland

старофр. cheyne

обычно изображается зелёным, но м.б. и другого цвета. может также иметь черешок (slipped) или листья (leaved). Жёлудь на ветке (acorn-sprig) не столь част в щите, сколь част в нашлемниках. Иногда используется только чашека жёлудя (acorn-cups.

Acorn, (fr. gland, old fr. cheyne): this is usually represented vert, but they may be of other colours. They may also be slipped or leaved. An acorn-sprig is not unfrequently used in the arms, and is often used also as a crest. Sometimes, too, the acorn-cups are represented alone.

«Sire Rauf de Cheyndut, de azure, a un cheyne de or, e un label de goules» – Roll of Arms, temp. EDW. II.

«Argent, three martlets azure, on a chief gules an acorn between two mullets or» – CAIRNS.

«An acorn slipped and leaved» – Seal of town of WOKINGHAM.

«Argent, three acorns slipped vert» – AIKENHEAD and TATTON.

«Vert, three acorns or» – HARDING and SMITH, Middlesex.

«Quarterly, per fess indented first and fourth gules in chief a maunch argent, in base an acorn sprig» – AKERMAN, Surrey.

«Argent, three cups of acorns, azure» – ATHUL.

Жёлудь также присутствует в гербах семейств Ashton (Marketfield), Ataster или Akaster, Brettell (Worcester), Boys, Cromie (Kildare), Cudderley (Derby), Dalling, Duncan (Essex), Fyfield, Ifield, Johnson (Warrington), Palmer (Middlesex), Sevenoke и др..

Acorns are also borne by the families of ASHTON, Marketfield; ATASTER(or AKASTER); BRETTELL, Worcester; BOYS; CROMIE, Kildare; CUDDERLEY, Derby; DALLING; DUNCAN, Essex; FYFIELD; IFIELD; JOHNSON, Warrington; PALMER, Middlesex; SEVENOKE, and others.

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