Freyja

F4R1E1Y4J8A1
/ˈfɹeɪə/

proper noun

A deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's hall, Valhalla), and whose brother is Freyr.

OriginOld Norse Freyja ← Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ →
RareScrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Freya

  1. Norsehuman sciencesA deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half going to Odin's hall, Valhalla), and whose brother is Freyr.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*frawjǭ
  2. Old NorseFreyja
  3. EnglishFreyja

Borrowed from Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.

More words from Old Norse, Proto-Germanic

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Freyja

EritreaplayaIsaiahGaiaHosearheaLeiaMaiaFreyaJudeapaellakhayaNevaehcinquedeaFawziakoleaMauna KeaZendaya
All rhymes →

Sounds the same

Freyr (non-rhotic)
Cite this entry
APA

Freyja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freyja

MLA

“Freyja.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freyja. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Freyja,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Freyja.

Source: Freyja on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.