Freyr
Old Norse Dictionary - freyr
Meaning of Old Norse word "freyr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word freyr can mean:freyr
- freyr
- m. [Goth. frauja = Gr. κύριος; A. S. freâ; Hel. frô = a lord], is in the Scandin. only used as the pr. name of the god Freyr, Edda, Vsp., etc.; for the worship of Frey cp., besides the Edda, Gísl. ch. 15, Hrafn. ch. 2, Glúm. ch. 9, the talc of Gunnar Helming in FmS. ii. ch. 173, 174, Vd. ch. 10, also Landn. 174, FmS. v. 239.
- freyr
- COMPDS: Freysgoði, Freysgyðlingar, Freystafl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)