Freyja
Old Norse Dictionary - freyja
Meaning of Old Norse word "freyja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word freyja can mean:freyja
- freyja
- 1. u, f. a lady, in hús-freyja, q. v.; prop. the goddess Freyja, Edda.
- freyja
- 2. u, f. a lady; freyja mín es vanheil, Clem. 135.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚢᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)