Frigg

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See also: frigg and friġġ

English

Carl Emil Doepler, Frigg and her servants (1880)

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Frigg f (proper noun, genitive singular Friggjar)

  1. Frigg

Declension

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Frigg f

  1. Frigg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Frigg f

  1. Frigg, the wife of Odin

Swedish

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Proper noun

Frigg f (genitive Friggs)

  1. (Norse mythology) Frigg
  2. (rare) a female given name from Old Norse