fylfot
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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
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
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 August Strindberg
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 Claude Fayette Bragdon
The fylfot is frequently found in the Greek Church on the vestments of the clergy.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
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