23-05-2021, 06:58 PM
Regarding the difficult to read word at the end of the phrase at the top of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. under discussion, "[something] de fer" would be an idiomatic phrase in French, "de fer" meaning "of iron; strong, resilient", and "de fer" is also apparently a standard phrase in heraldic mottos.
"vut" is an Old French word meaning "a wish, a desire", so "vut [de] fer" could possibly have been an idiomatic phrase meaning "a strong desire" in Old or Middle French.
"rut" in Old/Middle French, meaning "rut (sexual excitement)" would carry rather different implications.
"vut" is an Old French word meaning "a wish, a desire", so "vut [de] fer" could possibly have been an idiomatic phrase meaning "a strong desire" in Old or Middle French.
"rut" in Old/Middle French, meaning "rut (sexual excitement)" would carry rather different implications.