English Explanatory Dictionary

Freyja

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's hall, Valhalla), and whose brother is Freyr.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹeɪə/

Word forms

Freyja Freya

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.

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