Fylfot
![Notional arms — Argent a fylfot azure (a blue fylfot on a white shield) – exemplifying the design of the fylfot commonly shown in modern heraldry texts.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Argent_a_fylfot_azure.svg1952.png")
![Arms of Leonard Chamberlayne: Argent a chevron between three fylfots gules – drawn from the blazon given in MS. Harleian, 1394](/Images/godic/202501/14/Arms_of_chamberlayne.svg1952.png")
Fylfot or fylfot cross /ˈfɪlfɒt/ (FILL-fot), is a synonym for swastika or "tetraskelion." It is a cross with perpendicular extensions, usually at 90° or close angles, radiating in the same direction.
According to some modern texts on heraldry, such as Friar and Woodcock and Robinson (see below), the fylfot is upright and typically with truncated limbs, as shown in the figure at right.