Frig

Alternative form of Frigg.

Proper noun

  1. Alternative form of Frigg.
    • The cult of the fertility goddess Frig is sufficiently proved by the occurrence of her name in the Old English Frigedæg, the modern Friday. But no place of her worship has yet been identified with complete certainty,...
    • Alternatively, this group might consist of the goddess Frig, associated with two other female deities (possibly Eostre and Hretha?) – but we cannot be certain that the Anglo-Saxons worshipped Frig. - 2009, Marilyn Dunn,...
    • Mighty God Woden, Merciful Goddess Frig, before me stand two people who have come of their own free will to break the bonds that made them as one. […] I cleanse these rings in the name of Woden and Frig. - 2011, Bruce...

Origin

Learned borrowing from Old English Frīġ.