fylfot

American  

[fil-fot] / ˈfɪl fɒt /

noun

1. a swastika.

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fylfot British  

/ ˈfaɪlfɒt /

noun

1. a rare word for swastika

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Etymology

Origin of fylfot

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

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2016

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

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2016

Triskele, tris′kēl, n. a three-armed cross, the fylfot.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The anstated cross of the Egyptians is such a symbol, the Buddhist wheel, and the fylfot or swastika inscribed within a circle, also those numerous Christian symbols combining the circle and the cross.

From The Beautiful Necessity Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture by Bragdon, Claude Fayette

Take the ancient Gaulish coins, for instance, and the fylfot and ordinary Greek cross abound; take the ancient British coins of the age long prior to Christianity, and the same thing occurs.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous