Frea
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Frea
- (Early Middle English) a female given name, the Goddess Frigg
- c. 1200, Layamon's Brut, MS. Cott. Otho, C. XIII. line 6946:
- ȝeo hiſ i-hote Frea
- she is named Frea (Translation by Sir Frederick Madden)
- c. 1200, Layamon's Brut, MS. Cott. Otho, C. XIII. line 6946:
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Cognate with Old High German Friia, Old English Frīġ, Old Norse Frigg.
Proper noun[edit]
Frea m
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