Fylfot
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:34 pm
Fylfot
Meaning: A swastika.
[Possibly from "fill foot" = a sign used to fill the lower part (foot) of a painted glass window.]
The sign was used in ancient Greece (also called a gammadion) and in heraldry (also called a cross cramponnee). The word is not usually associated with the Nazi swastika.
Meaning: A swastika.
[Possibly from "fill foot" = a sign used to fill the lower part (foot) of a painted glass window.]
The sign was used in ancient Greece (also called a gammadion) and in heraldry (also called a cross cramponnee). The word is not usually associated with the Nazi swastika.