Freyja

== English == === Alternative forms === Freya === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪə/ Rhymes: -eɪə Homophone: Freyr (non-rhotic) === Proper noun === Freyja (Norse mythology) A deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's hall, Valhalla), and whose brother is Freyr. === Further reading === Freyja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfreiːja/ Rhymes: -eiːja === Proper noun === Freyja f (proper noun, genitive singular Freyju) (Norse mythology) Freyja or Freya, a goddess associated with sex, death, and magic a female given name ==== Declension ==== === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “Freyja”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ. === Proper noun === Freyja f (genitive Freyju) (Norse mythology) Freya, goddess associated with sex, death, and magic (see Freyja) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Freyja Faroese: Froya Norwegian: Frøya Danish: Freja ⇒ Danish: Fridlefsborg Swedish: Freja, Fröja ⇒ Swedish: Froijenborg, Floyenborg → English: Freya == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Freya, Freia === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse Freyja. === Proper noun === Freyja f (Norse mythology) Freya (goddess associated with sex, death, and magic)