FREYR (lord)

ORIGIN Possibly Swedish or Germanic but extending throughout the Nordic region with lowest popularity in Iceland. Fertility god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP Viking period (circa AD 700) and earlier, until Christianization (circa AD 1100).

SYNONYMS none confirmed, but possibly including Frodi (Denmark); YNG or ING; Lytir (Sweden).

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