English Explanatory Dictionary

Frigg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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).
intj
  1. Alternative spelling of frig.

Pronunciation

/fɹɪɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Frigg.wav

Word forms

Frigg Frig Frigga Frija

Etymology

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

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