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trefot

trefot

English

Noun

trefot (plural trefots)

  1. (paganism) A three-armed spiral symbol used in Heathenry to represent the god Woden or the Norns.

References

  • 1984 Futharc A Handbook of Runic Magic, Eldred Thorson, Weser, ISBN 0-87728-548-9, page 108.
    Trefot - dynamic power from the three realms of being and the threefold evolutionary force.
  • 1993 Our Troth, by the Ring of Troth and other true folk, The Ring of Troth, ISBN 0-9623957-8-1, page 668.
    Trefot - also called triskelion (swirling form).
  • 1997 Theod Volume IV Number 1 (Heathen Journal), Two Charms Against Dwarves, Eric Lord Wodening.
    If so we can be assured that the crosses were substituted for some heathen symbol,valkntR, trefot or fylfot.

Swedish

Etymology

tre (three) + fot (foot)

Noun

trefot c

  1. a tripod (as a camera stand, for cooking, geodesy, or other purposes)

Declension