Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Freya"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freya \Frey"a\ (fr[imac]"[.a]), n. [Icel. Freyja.] (Scand.
Myth.)
The daughter of Nj["o]rd, and goddess of love and beauty; the
Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with
Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct. [Written also {Frea},
{Freyia}, and {Freyja}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Freya
n : goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister
of Frey [syn: {Freya}, {Freyja}]
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