Frjá-nótt

Old Norse Dictionary - frjá-nótt

Meaning of Old Norse word "frjá-nótt" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

frjá-nótt
f. = frjádagsnótt, FmS. viii. 35. It is remarked above, S. v. dagr, that this ‘frjá’ is derived from the A. S. form Freâ, answering to the northern Freyr, Goth. Frauja, and is a rendering of the eccl. Lat. dies Veneris, as in eccl. legends the Venus of the Lat. is usually rendered by Freâ (Freyja) of the Teutonic. This word is now obsolete in Icel., as Friday is now called Föstudagr, vide fasta.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᛅ-ᚾᚢᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
f.
feminine.
Goth.
Gothic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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