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Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, [1] from Old High German Grisja Hilda, 'Grey Battle-maid'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig , [ 1 ] meaning 'blessed', 'happy'.
Every noble family claims to have been granted a coat of arms by a prestigious personage. [Ha 9] The adoption of the coat of arms by non-combatants attests to the symbolic significance of this object, which is an emblem of power and strength, but also of peace and justice, and shows the link between the individual and the group. [Ha 2]
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Coat of arms of William, Prince of Wales outside Scotland Notes The coat of arms of the Prince of Wales, as used outside Scotland, is the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom with the addition a three-pointed label and an inescutcheon bearing the arms of Wales. For the arms of the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, see royal coat of arms of ...
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Heraldry developed in the High Middle Ages based on earlier traditions of visual identification by means of seals, field signs, emblems used on coins, etc. Notably, lions that would subsequently appear in 12th-century coats of arms of European nobility have pre-figurations in the animal style of ancient art (specifically the style of Scythian art as it developed from c. the 7th century BC).
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