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Scottish clan
Crest badge
suitable for members of Clan Ged.
Clan Ged
is a
Scottish clan
.
[1]
The clan does not currently have a
chief
recognised by the
Lord Lyon King of Arms
and is considered an
armigerous clan
. Without a recognised chief the clan has no standing under
Scots Law
. In Scotland, the
surname
Ged
and
Geddes
may be derived from the place-name
Geddes
in
Nairn
.
[2]
Another possibility is that it is derived from the
Old English
gedda
, a
nickname
meaning
pike
.
[2]
Background
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Arms
of the
Chief
of clan Ged, The Ged of that Ilk.
The
coats of arms
of
Ged
and
Geddes
contain three pike, referring to their surnames. The English word for pike is
luce
, and several
Norman
families named
de Lucy
have pike on their coats of arms. One unsupported possibility is that one such family moved to Scotland and adopted the surnames
Ged
or
Geddes
. An early record of the clan name is found in the
privy council
, which records the respite granted to James Tweedie after the murder of William Geddes in 1558.
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Crest badge
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The
crest badge
suitable for members of Clan Ged is derived from the arms of Ged of that Ilk, which is recorded in the Lyon Register. The crest badge contains the
crest
a pike's head Proper
and the
motto
DURAT DITAT PLACET
(from
Latin
: "it sustains, it enriches, it pleases"). The crest of a pike is a
pun
on the clan name. The use of pike on the arms is an example of
canting arms
, as a
ged
is the
heraldic
term for a pike.
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Tartan
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Members of the clan are entitled to wear the
Duke of Fife
tartan.
[4]
References
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