fylfot

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Meaning

Noun

  • A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.

Origin

  • Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen ("to fill") (from Old English fyllan) + fot (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows.

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