Nairn
Nairn
Clan Nairn of Fife, Scotland.
Arms: Per pale sable and argent, on a chaplet four quatrefoils counterchanged. (Modern arms: Quarterly, 1st grand quarter, parted per pale Sable and Argent, on a chaplet four quatrefoils counterchanged (Nairn); 2nd grand quarter, counterquartered, (I) & (IV), Or, on a fess Gules, between three crosses pattée of the Second in chief, and a mullet Azure in base, three bezants (Mercer) (II) & (III), Argent, a chevron Sable, between three boars heads erased Gules (Elphinstone), 3rd grand quarter, counterquartered, (I) & (IV), paly of six, Or and Sable; (II), Or, a fess chequy Azure and Argent; (III), Azure, three mullets Argent, within a double tressure flory counterflory Or, (Atholl); 4th grand quarter, Argent, three martlets Sable, on a comble Azure, a cross Or, a franc-quartier (distinction of a military Count of the French Empire) of the Third, charged with a sword palewise of the Field, hilted and pommelled of the Fourth (Flahault)
Crest: A celestial globe on a stand Proper
Motto: Plus ultra (More beyond this)