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fylfot
[ fil-fot ]
noun
- a swastika.
fylfot
/ ˈfaɪlfɒt /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fylfot1
First recorded in 1490–1500; variant of fill-foot foot filler
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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
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Example Sentences
Both the Greek fret and the fylfot appear to have been unknown to the Semitic nations as an ornament or as a symbol.
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The gallows from which he is suspended forms a Tau cross, while the figure—from the position of the legs—forms a fylfot cross.
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Why, the symbol of Buddha on the reverse of a coin found at Ugain is the same cross, the 'fylfot' of Thor.
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The fylfot is frequently found in the Greek Church on the vestments of the clergy.
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There can be no doubt that the fylfot throughout Eur-Asia had a symbolic significance, which in many places it still retains.
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