Freyr

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English[edit]

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.

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Freyr

  1. (Norse mythology) 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.

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Freyr. Used as a given name since 1910.

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Freyr m

  1. (Norse mythology) Freyr, a god associated with kingship and virility
  2. a male given name

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (Lord). Originally an epithet of Yngvi (cognate with Old English Ing), as seen in Yngvi-Freyr (Yngvi-Lord). Compare Freyja.

Proper noun[edit]

Freyr

  1. Freyr, a god associated with kingship and virility
    Synonyms: Yngvi, Yngvi-Freyr
    • c. 930, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose verse 21
      [] folkmýgi lát flœja,
      Freyr ok Njǫrðr, af jǫrðum,
      leiðisk lofða stríði,
      landôss, 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 vandræðaskald Óttarsson, loose verse 9
      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.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: Freyr
    • Swedish: Frej (learned)
    • Danish: Frej (learned)
  • Faroese: Froyur
  • Norwegian: Frøy
  • Old Swedish: *Frø̄
  • Old Danish: Frø̄