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Freyr
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English
thumb|right|300px|A detail from Gotland runestone G 181, in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm. The three men are interpreted as Odin, Thor, and Freyr.
Alternative forms
en Frey
Etymology
en non Freyr, from en gem-pro *frawjô lord. Compare en Freya, from the feminine counterpart.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɹeɪə/ UK
en /ˈfɹeɪɚ/ US
en eɪə(ɹ) 2
Proper noun
en Norse god A Vanir god associated with kingship and virility in the North Germanic corpus, in which he rides the shining boar Gullinbursti and wields an antler as a weapon. He is sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr.
Translations
deity
French: fr Freyr
German: de Freyr, de Fro, de Froh
Swedish: sv Frej
Anagrams
en efrry Ferry Fryer ferry fryer refry
en Gods
Icelandic
Etymology
From is non Freyr. Used as a given name since 1910.
Pronunciation
is eiːr 1
Proper noun
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is Norse mythology en Freyr, a god associated with kingship and virility
is male
Declension
m.##
Old Norse
Etymology
non gem-pro *frawjô Lord, via alternative form *frawjaz (transferred to a-stem declension). Originally an epithet of non Yngvi (cognate with ang Ing), as seen in non Yngvi-Freyr Lord Yngvi. Compare non Freyja.
Proper noun
non proper noun
non Gods Norse mythology Freyr, a god associated with kingship and virility
non Yngvi Yngvi-Freyr
930, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose stanza 21
non folkmýgi lát flœja,Freyr ok Njǫrðr, af jǫrðum,leiðisk lofða stríði,landǫ́ss, þanns vé grandar. Freyr and Njǫrðr, let the people-oppressor flee from his lands; may the land-áss [= Þórr] come to loathe the tormentor of men, the one who damages sanctuaries.
995-1000, Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Hallfreðr vandræðaskald Óttarsson, loose stanza 9
non Mér skyli Freyr ok Freyja,fjǫrð lætk ǫðul Njarðar,líknisk grǫm við Grímni,gramr, ok Þór enn ramma; Freyr and Freyja, and Þórr the strong, must be angry with me; last year I forsook the inheritance of Njǫrðr; may the fiends ask Grímnir <= Óðinn> for mercy.
Declension
sing-indef Frey
Descendants
is Freyr
sv Frej 1
da Frej 1
fo Froyur
no - nn Frøy
gmq-osw *Frø̄
sv Frö
gmq-oda Frø̄
gmq-oda Frø
non Norse deities