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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Frea m

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