Frejas tår

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of Frejas (Freya's) +‎ tår (tear). Literally; the tear of Freya. From the Prose Edda, where she cried tears of gold in sorrow due to her travelling husband Óðr's absence.

Noun

Frejas tår c

  1. (kenning) gold
    Synonym: guld
    • 1814, Esaias Tegnér, Nore. Skaldestycke i anledning af freden i Kiel den 14 januarii 1814, page 7:
      Sitt horn, med perlor fyldt, den rike Ägir bringar,
      Och Frejas tårar glittra på vår strand.
      His horn, with pearls filled, the wealthy Ægir bringeth,
      And Freya's tears do glitter on our strand.
    • 1864 July 13, J. van Lennep, “Korgossen [The Choirboy]”, in Carlshamn, page 2:
      Men om ni också gaf mig alla de skatter, er orden sammaskrapat, ja, alla Frejas tårar, skulle ni likväl ej kunna ändra mitt beslut.
      Yet, though you were to give me all the treasures your order hath amassed, yea, even all Freja's tears, still would you be powerless to change my resolve.
    • 1889, Arvid August Afzelius, edited by Peter Bagge, Läsebok i svensk poesi för de allmänna läroverkens och flickskolornas öfre klasser, pages 82–83:
      Så den sorgsne. Men vid himlaranden
      Freja huldt genom natten ler.
      Evigt på den guldbeströdda stranden
      sina tårar hon glänsa ser.
      Thus the sorrowful one. Yet by heaven's edge,
      Freya tenderly smiles through the night.
      On the gold-strewn shore, her eternal pledge,
      She beholds her tears gleaming bright.

Declension

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