Definition of "fylfot" []

• A swastika. (noun)

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• "The crux ansata, or cross with a handle, and the crux gammata, or "fylfot", are much more ancient than Christianity."
• "His garments were about like ordinary street clothes, belted tunic and baggy trousers, but a certain precision in their cut-as well as blue-and-gold stripes and the double fylfot embroidered on the sleeves-indicated they were a livery."
• "The fylfot is frequently found in the Greek Church on the vestments of the clergy."