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Frea
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Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Frææ, enm Fræa
Proper noun
enm Early ME enm female, the Goddess Frigg
c. 1200, Layamon's Brut, MS. Cott. Otho, C. XIII. line 6946:
enm ȝeo hiſ i-hote Frea she is named Frea (Translation by Sir Frederick Madden)
Old High German
Alternative forms
goh Friia
Etymology
goh gem-pro 1
From goh gmw-pro *Frīju, from goh gem-pro *Frijjō. Cognate with ang Frīġ, non Frigg.
Proper noun
goh proper noun m
goh Gods Germanic paganism goh Lombardic en Frigg, a major Germanic goddess and the wife of en Odin.