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FREY (Old Norse, Freyr)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 211 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FREY (Old Norse, Freyr)

FREY (Old Norse, Freyr) son of Njord, one of the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief deities in the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

pantheon and the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

GOD

god of the Swedes . He is the god of fruitfulness, the giver of See also:

SUNSHINE

sunshine and See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain, and thus the source of all prosperity .

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