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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fil-fot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl fɒt


Définition of fylfot

Origin :
  • supposedly a native name for the swastika (used as a decorative device), but only attested in a single, damaged c.1500 manuscript, and there it may refer to any sort of device used to fill the bottom (foot) of a design. "[I]t is even possible that it may have been a mere nonce-word" [OED].
  • As in swastika : noun nazi symbol
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.
  • Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
  • The gallows from which he is suspended forms a Tau cross, while the figure—from the position of the legs—forms a fylfot cross.
  • Extract from : « The Illustrated Key to the Tarot » by L. W. de Laurence
  • It is, I believe, generally admitted or supposed that the fylfot is of early Aryan origin.
  • Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
  • In Ireland, however, and in Scotland, the fylfot seems to have marked Christian sepulchres.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Art » by Alfred C. Haddon
  • It was long ago remarked that the fylfot is almost exclusively an Aryan symbol.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Art » by Alfred C. Haddon
  • There can be no doubt that the fylfot throughout Eur-Asia had a symbolic significance, which in many places it still retains.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Art » by Alfred C. Haddon
  • The manner in which the fylfot was employed proves that it certainly had a symbolic signification.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Art » by Alfred C. Haddon
  • The conclusion is evident that the fylfot was a symbol before the swarming-off of the Aryan hordes.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Art » by Alfred C. Haddon
  • If the fylfot is a detached intersection of the meander pattern, why did not the Egyptians hit on it?
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Art » by Alfred C. Haddon
  • One of the most singular, as well as most ancient, of the many forms and modifications of the cross is the "fylfot."
  • Extract from : « The Worship of the Church » by Jacob A. Regester

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