Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The goddess of love and beauty; the sister of Frey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Norse myth., the daughter of Njord and sister of Frey. She is the goddess of sexual love, the Scandinavian Venus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Scand. Myth.) The daughter of Njörd, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Norse mythology The goddess of love and beauty.
- proper noun A female
given name of mostly British usage.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Our family recently came home with two new kittens (the youngest, Freya, is in the photo here) and that ASPCA list included a few toxic items we were not at all aware of (including several plants, such as the sago palm, that have now been exiled to my office). —
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Freya is pursued by assassins throughout much of the book and that implies lots of opportunities for action.
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BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Freya is contemplating ending it all.
November 2009 2009
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BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Freya is contemplating ending it all.
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Set in 1000 AD, Freya is the mythical woman, blessed with the cloak of feathers granting the powers of flight who must search for the Brisingamen, a gold necklace of profound and stunning beauty.
Ice Land 2008
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Set in 1000 AD, Freya is the mythical woman, blessed with the cloak of feathers granting the powers of flight who must search for the Brisingamen, a gold necklace of profound and stunning beauty.
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Set in 1000 AD, Freya is the mythical woman, blessed with the cloak of feathers granting the powers of flight who must search for the Brisingamen, a gold necklace of profound and stunning beauty.
Ice Land 2008
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Freya is as usual peering into the garage (she's convinced there's something extra special in there and in a sense she's right - Mr Fluffy lives in there * grin*) and Shakti has just come in after sitting happily in the long grass that is slowly covering what is supposed to be a bare bed ...
June 1st, 2006 dame_habonde 2006
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She's now crashed out on the bed while Freya is cosied up under it.
December 3rd, 2006 dame_habonde 2006
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Inexpensive, fun and a pick-me-up for your email in box, The Daughters of Freya is a yummy candy treat.
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