fylfot

[fil-fot]

noun

1. a swastika.

fylfot

/ ˈfaɪlfɒt /

noun

1. a rare word for swastika

Word History and Origins

Origin of fylfot¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; variant of fill-foot foot filler

Word History and Origins

Origin of fylfot¹

C16 (apparently meaning: a sign or device for the lower part or foot of a painted window): from fillen to _fill + fot _foot

Example Sentences

Hitler appropriated the symbol and inverted it so that the bent “s” structures face a reverse direction from the Christian fylfot cross.

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Known as fylfot cross, the swastikas are one of four variations of the Christian cross found in the church’s entryway.

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Thor’s emblem was a hammer of gold, represented as a fylfot, and with it he destroyed his enemies the Jotuns, crushed the head of the great Mitgard serpent, killed numbers of giants, restored the dead goats to life that drew his car, and consecrated the pyre of Baldur.

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I have remarked that the fylfot is sometimes described as being formed of four gammas conjoined in the centre.

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This form of fylfot is not uncommon in early examples, and even on a very ancient specimen of Chinese porcelain it occurs at the angles of the pattern—it is the ordinary fylfot, with the angles curved or rounded.

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