Freyr

English
A detail from Gotland runestone G 181, in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm. The three men are interpreted as Odin, Thor, and Freyr.

Proper noun

Freyr

  1. (Norse mythology) The phallic fertility god who rides the shining boar Gullinbursti and who will, because he lacks a sword of his own, be slain in Ragnarok.

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Freyr. Used as a given name since 1910.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [freiːr]
    Rhymes: -eiːr

Proper noun

Freyr m

  1. (Norse mythology) Freyr, the god of fertility
  2. A male given name

Declension
declension of Freyr
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Freyr
accusative Frey
dative Frey
genitive Freys

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawjô.

Proper noun

Freyr

  1. Freyr, the god of fertility
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