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(Norsemythology) 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.
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.
Declension
Declension of Freyr (strong i-stem, s-genitive, indefinite singular only)