trefot

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

trefot (plural trefots)

  1. (Germanic paganism) A three-armed spiral symbol used in Heathenry to represent the god Woden or the Norns.
    • 1984 Futharc A Handbook of Runic Magic, Eldred Thorson, Weser, →ISBN, 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, 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tre (three) +‎ fot (foot)

Noun[edit]

trefot c

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of trefot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trefot trefoten trefötter trefötterna
Genitive trefots trefotens trefötters trefötternas

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