Frea

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • Frææ, Fræa

Proper noun

Frea

  1. (Early Middle English) a female given name, the Goddess Frigg
    • c. 1200, Layamon's Brut, MS. Cott. Otho, C. XIII. line 6946:
      ȝeo hiſ i-hote Frea
      she is named Frea (Translation by Sir Frederick Madden)

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Frīju, from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Cognate with Old English Frīġ, Old Norse Frigg.

Proper noun

Frea m

  1. (Lombardic) Frigg, a major Germanic goddess and the wife of Odin.
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