Frøya

Frøya

1. an island municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).

From Old Norse Freyja.

Frøya

1. (Norse mythology) Freya

Definite form; from Old Norse Frøy, Frey f, from Proto-Germanic *Frawjō f, from *frawjô (“lord”). Also theorised to be from *fraaujō (“big island”).

• (Trøndelag) IPA^(key): /¹frœʏːa/
• (Nordfjord) IPA^(key): /¹frœʏːna/

Frøya f

1. an island and municipality on the coast of Trøndelag, Norway
2. an island of Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

• frøyværing (“someone from Frøya in Trøndelag”)

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

• IPA^(key): /²frœʏːa/, /¹frœʏːa/

Frøya f

1. (Norse mythology) Freya
2. a female given name

• husfrøye