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fylfot

[fil-fot] / ˈfɪl fɒt /
NOUN
swastika
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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.

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

The designs in the Navajo rugs are many, and mostly in angles and straight lines, the serrated diamond design being common, as is the swastika or fylfot.

From Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Holt, Rosa Belle

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

And now a luminous tuft shot into his bedroom and threw a figure on the wall, a strange figure, something like a fylfot, and it came from the sitting-room.

From In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales by Strindberg, August




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