Frig

English Etymology en ang Frīġ. Proper noun en Frigg. en w:F[rank] M[erry] Stenton Anglo-Saxon England Oxford, Oxon At the Clarendon Press 1943 98 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523648/page/n108/mode/1up The cult of the fertility goddess Frig is sufficiently proved by the occurrence of her name in the Old English Frigedæg, the modern Friday. But no place of her worship has yet been identified with complete certainty, and her name was not used in the formation of English personal names. Seaxneat, the ancestor of the kings of Essex, was presumably honoured by their subjects, though the place-names which arose among them contain no trace of him. But Woden, Thunor, Tiw, and Frig are the only deities whose individualized worship in England is beyond dispute. en Marilyn Dunn The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons c.597–c.700: Discourses of Life, Death and Afterlife w:Continuum 2009 2010 63 978 14411 1013 8 Alternatively, this group might consist of the goddess Frig, associated with two other female deities (possibly Eostre and Hretha?) – but we cannot be certain that the Anglo-Saxons worshipped Frig. en Bruce K. Wilborn Witches’ Craft: A Multidenominational Wicca Bible w:Skyhorse Publishing 2011 978-1-61608-443-1 Mighty God Woden, Merciful Goddess Frig, before me stand two people who have come of their own free will to break the bonds that made them as one. I cleanse these rings in the name of Woden and Frig. Old English Etymology From ang gmw-pro *Frīju, from ang gem-pro *Frijjō. Pronunciation Frīġ ang iːj 1 Proper noun Frīġ f ang Gods Frigg, the Germanic goddess of love, wife of Odin (ang Wōden). Usage notes Only attested in a handful of words which are either set phrases or compounds: ang frīġedæġ Friday, ang frīġeǣfen Thursday evening, ang frīġeniht Thursday night, ang Frīġedene (Friden). Declension Frīġ sg Synonyms ang Fricg Derived terms ang frīġedæġ