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FREYR

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Norse Mythology

Pronounced: FRAYR   [key]

Means "lord" in Old Norse. This was another name of the Norse god Ing. Freyr was actually derived from a title of Ing, Yngvi Freyr, meaning "lord Ing". Freyr (or Ing) presided over fertility, sunlight and rain, and was the husband of the frost giantess Gerd.
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