Frigg

See also: frigg and friġġ

English

Carl Emil Doepler, Frigg and her servants (1880)

Alternative forms

• Frig, Frigga, Frija

Etymology

From Old Norse Frigg, from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Cognate with the native Old English Frīġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Proper noun

Frigg

1. (Germanic mythology, Norse mythology) The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus).

   Coordinate terms: Odin, Thor

Translations

Germanic goddess

• Danish: Frigg
• French: Frigg (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრიგი (prigi)
• German: Frigga f, Frigg f
• Icelandic: Frigg (is) f
• Italian: Frigg f
• Japanese: フリッグ (Furiggu)
• Latin: Frigga f
• Low German: Frigga
• Middle English: Frea
• Old English: Frīġ f
• Old Norse: Frigg f
• Persian: فریگ‎ (ferig)
• Swedish: Frigg (sv) c, Frigga c

Further reading

• Frigg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Frigg, from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō.

Proper noun

Frigg f

1. Frigg

Declension

declension of Frigg

f-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Frigg
accusative	Frigg
dative	Frigg
genitive	Friggjar

Italian

Proper noun

Frigg f

1. Frigg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Frigg, from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō.

Proper noun

Frigg f

1. Frigg, the wife of Odin

Related terms

• fredag