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Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Islands Area, ''videlicet'':- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four dolphins two and two respectant naiant embowed (two visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield, with this Motto "Með Lögum Skal Land Byggja", are set for Supporters dexter, a Shetland pony Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Islands Area, ''videlicet'':- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four dolphins two and two respectant naiant embowed (two visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield, with this Motto "Með Lögum Skal Land Byggja", are set for Supporters dexter, a Shetland pony Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on June 17, 1975. | The arms were granted on June 17, 1975. | ||