List of names of Freyr

The Germanic god Freyr is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and literature. Multiple of these are attested only once in the extant record and are found principally in Skáldskaparmál.

Names
Name
(Old Norse)		Name
(Anglicised)		Name meaningAttestations
Árguð[1] Argud God of the Fertile Season[2] Skáldskaparmál (14)
Atriða[1] Atridi Potentially 'Attacking rider', 'At-Rider'[a] Skáldskaparmál (261)
Bani Belja[3] Bani Belja Beli's bane[4] Gylfaginning (61), Skáldskaparmál (262)
Belja dólgr[1] Belja dolg Adversary of Beli[2] Skáldskaparmál (14)
Fégjafa[1] Fegjafa God of Wealth-Gifts[b][2] Skáldskaparmál (14)
Folkvaldi goða[5] Folkvaldi goda Foremost of the gods,[6] Great general of the gods[7] Skírnismál (3)
Ingunar-Freyr[8] Ingunar-Freyr Ingunar-Freyr[9] Lokasenna (43), Separate Saga of St. Olaf (Prologue)
Son Njarðar[1] Son Njardar Son of Njördr[2] Skáldskaparmál (14), Skírnismál (38, 39)
Vanaguð[1] Vanagud God of Vanir[a][2] Skáldskaparmál (14)
Vananið[1] Vananid Kinsman of the Vanir[b][2] Skáldskaparmál (14)
Vanr[1] Van Wane[b][2] Skáldskaparmál (14)
Vaningi[5] Vaningi Member of the Vanir[c][10] Skírnismál (37)
Veralldar gud,[11] Veraldargoð[12] Veralldar gud, Veraldargod God of the world,[13] God of this world[14] Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta (Flateyjarbók I Chapter 323),Ynglinga Saga (Chapter 13)
Yngvi[12] Yngvi Yngve[15] Ynglinga Saga (Chapter 12)
Yngvifreyr,[12] Ingifreyr[16] Yngvifrey Yngve Frey[17] Haustlöng (10), Nafnaþulur (22), Sturlaugs saga starfsama (Chapter 19), Ynglinga Saga (Chapter 14)

Notes

a:^ This attestation may refer instead to Odin (c.f. Atriðr)[18]

b:^ ^ ^ ^ Also attested as a heiti for Njörðr in Skáldskaparmál (13)

c:^ ^ Also attested as a heiti for boar in Nafnaþulur (97)

See also

References
  1. "Skáldskaparmál (Old Norse)". Heimskringla. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (1916). The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlson. New York, The American-Scandinavian Foundation. ISBN 9798534277388.
  3. "Gylfaginning (Old Norse)". Heimskringla. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. Young, Jean (1992). The prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson : tales from Norse mythology. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780520273054.
  5. "Skírnismál (Old Norse)". Heimskringla. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. Bellows, Henry Adam (2004). The Poetic Edda : The Mythological Poems. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0486437108.
  7. Orchard, Andy (2011). The Elder Edda : a book of Viking lore. London: Penguin Books. p. 60. ISBN 9780141393728.
  8. "Lokasenna (Old Norse)". Heimskringla. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. Bellows, Henry Adam (2004). The Poetic Edda : The Mythological Poems. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0486437108.
  10. Simek, Rudolf (1993). Dictionary of northern mythology. Cambridge [England]: D.S. Brewer. ISBN 9780859915137.
  11. "Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar (Old Norse)". Heimskringla. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  12. "Ynglinga Saga (Old Norse)". Heimskringla. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. Gunnell, Terry (2017). Blótgyðjur, Goðar, Mimi, incest, and wagons oral Memories of the religion(s) of the Vanir. The Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature, Harvard University. p. 123. ISBN 9780674975699.
  14. Laing, Samuel (1961). Heimskringla. Part two, Sagas of the Norse Kings. London: Dent. p. 15. ISBN 0460008471.
  15. Laing, Samuel (1961). Heimskringla. Part two, Sagas of the Norse Kings. London: Dent. p. 14. ISBN 0460008471.
  16. "Sturlaugs saga starfsama, chapter 19". Perseus Digital Library. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  17. Laing, Samuel (1961). Heimskringla. Part two, Sagas of the Norse Kings. London: Dent. p. 14. ISBN 0460008471.
  18. Wills, Tarrin (2 September 2020). "Skaldic Project - Atriða". Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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