urdé

Meaning

Adjective

  • Pointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.

Origin

  • Likely from a misreading of French vidé ("reduced [cross]").
  • Alternatively, from Anglo-Norman urdee, ordé, ultimately from Frankish *ord, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz. More at English ord.

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