Thanks!
Also I found the motto. It's Amor patriae nostra lexin latin, so in my bad translation to english it should be like "Love to our homeland, our law".
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http://www.scotjewelry.com/357-463-l...clan-crest.jpg
The crest of Clan Malcolm. Motto translates to "He has Attempted Difficult Things". Need to set up some kind of blood feuds with these Campbells of Cawdor
@Irish blood: Pretty sure that statement isn't true mate, might be true in Ireland, but here in Denmark I know no one, who actually has a Coat of arms...
In Southern Europe neither.
I may be wrong, but it's half of the latin motto "Per ardua ad Astra", wich means "to [reach] the Stars by [accomplishing] hard tasks".Quote:
Could anybody translate "Per ardua"?
Per ardua is the first half of the motto of the royal air force 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' which is 'Through Adversity to the Stars'. So 'Per Ardua' is 'Through Adversity'.
Silly europeans, well i might as well have one myself, since im in this thread:Quote:
MInes real anyway, and all the irish one's i've seen posted here. The vast majority of European family names have a Matching coat of arms.
Im really glad i started this thread, those SIgils and sayings are pretty cool:tongue:
http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/images-1/180_03_2.jpg
Blood for the war god :P
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The crest of Clan Malcolm. Motto translates to "He has Attempted Difficult Things". Need to set up some kind of blood feuds with these Campbells of Cawdor
You are making me jealous. That`s it! I will contact my family in america and will ask them whether they know something about our origins. I have already found several coats for families with the surnames of some of my ancestors (3), but i won`t claim one of those without having some evidence to back it up. :P
By the looks of my family crest one of my ancestors really liked elephants. I'd quite like to make my own family crest though - my maternal side are called colombi and so i guess my personal crest would be a column on a sandy beach! Heh :)
@Danscall Adversities. It's plural. And Stars can be interpreted as "great deeds", so let's say
"to great deeds through adversities"
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The surname 'Davis' has roots in all kinds of places, so there are a few variations on it.
Irish:
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Motto (Welsh): Heb Dwuh heb ddym, Dhuw a digon
Motto (English): Without God without anything, God is enough
There are coat of arms in Finland and Russia.
I'm finnish.
Not saying there isn't any, but I think it's more widespread someplaces, like the UK and especially ireland/scotland, than others, it is atleast not a common thing amongst the people I've met..
I have a strange name, Haldon, so unfortunately no coat of arms. However, for the Anglicised version of my name, there is this:
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Motto: Nec temere nec timide (neither rashly or timidly).
Pretty cool crest!
My own crest with motto, Clan Grant:
http://www.scotclans.com/img/scottis.../crest_big.gif