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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Vanir god associated with kingship and virility in the North Germanic corpus, in which he rides the shining boar Gullinbursti and wields an antler as a weapon. He is sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr. Norse

Synonyms

All synonyms

freybalderbragidonarfreyafrigg

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Freyr, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”). Compare Freya, from the feminine counterpart.

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