cephal

cephal, ~alus [κεφαλή] , head. b (her.) upper third of shield, chief. nitidus sol / lustrat ab oceani jam tollens gurgite cēphal Aldh. Aen. pref. 20; sed contrita rotis extollit vipera cēphal Id. VirgV 1016; et cĕphăl aptatum tuberosi more cameli Hwætberht Aen. 45 (Cameleo) 3; Argolici me dixerunt septena cĕphāla / olim habuisse Ib. 41 (Chelidrus) 1; 9‥ ~al, heafud, ‥, ~alus G[rece], heafod-panne WW.  b Galli ‥ symbolum istud quod in summitate scuti cernitur chef ‥ vocant, tractum suspicor a κεφαλὴ ‥ quamobrem nos ‥ ‘~alum’ ‥ appellamus. areae tertiam partem obtinere dicitur, superioremque semper clypei regionem Spelman Asp. 88.