Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The god who dispenses peace, good weather, prosperity, and bountiful crops; the brother of Freya.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Norse myth., the god of the earth's fruitfulness, presiding over rain, sunshine, and all the fruits of the earth, and dispensing wealth among men; the son of Njord. He was especially worshiped in the temple at Upsala in Sweden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Norse Mythology) The god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity, presiding over rain, sunshine, and all the fruits of the earth, dispensing wealth among men; son of Njorth (Njord) and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir. He was especially worshipped in the temple at Upsala in Sweden.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In any case, I cannot imagine any of this mattering enough to any other person for them to want to "out" me or for a stranger to be angry with me because neither french_teacher nor Mary Frey is my real, legal name.
kateelliott: Pseudonymity kateelliott 2009
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In fact, Frey is an average – and often much worse than average – writer whose perceived sins won him a fame he might never achieved on the strength of his writing alone.
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All the controversy about A Million Little Pieces may have left some people with the mistaken idea that James Frey is great writer who went astray.
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But after reading that article you linked I gotta say that Frey is a weirdo ... and for me, that's saying something.
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All the controversy about A Million Little Pieces may have left some people with the mistaken idea that James Frey is great writer who went astray.
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In fact, Frey is an average – and often much worse than average – writer whose perceived sins won him a fame he might never achieved on the strength of his writing alone.
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I just saw that Kathy Korman Frey is starting a workshop on women and mentorship – what an opportunity.
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Frey is nodding in response to this and tells Frel that he's entitled to his opinion.
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Frey is nodding in response to this and tells Frel that he's entitled to his opinion.
May 2008 2008
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When it became clear that Frey had lied, she invited him back on her show and in what was riveting, headline-making television, she came after him with a fiery vengeance that she later regretted - so much so that, years later, in 2008, she called Frey to apologize.
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