Editing Freyr (section)

== Name ==
The [[Old Norse]] name ''Freyr'' ('lord') is generally thought to descend from a [[Proto-Norse]] form reconstructed as {{lang|mis|*frawjaʀ}}, stemming from the [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] noun ''*[[Fraujaz|frawjaz]]'' ~ *''fraw(j)ōn'' ('lord'), and [[cognate]] with [[Gothic language|Gothic]] {{lang|got|frauja}}, [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|frēa}}, or [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|frō}}, all meaning 'lord, master'.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=142}}{{Sfn|Orel|2003|p=112}} The runic form {{lang|mis|frohila}}, derived from an earlier {{lang|mis|*frōjila}}, may also be related.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=142}} Recently, however, an etymology deriving the name of the god from a nominalized form of the Proto-Scandinavian adjective *''fraiw(i)a''- ('fruitful, generative') has also been proposed.{{Sfn|Elmevik|2003}}{{Sfn|Sundqvist|2013|p=26}} According to linguist Guus Kroonen, "within Germanic, the attestation of ON ''frjar'', ''frjór'', ''frær'', Icel. ''frjór'' <small>adj.</small> 'fertile; prolific' < *''fraiwa''- clearly seems to point to a stem *''frai(w)''- meaning 'fecund'. Both in form and meaning, ''fraiwa''- ('seed') is reminiscent of ''Freyr'' 'fertility deity' < *''frauja''-. The possibility must be considered, therefore, that *''fraiwa''- was metathesized from *''frawja''-, a collective of some kind."{{Sfn|Kroonen|2013|pp=152–153}} Freyr is also known by [[List of names of Freyr|a series of other names]] which describe his attributes and role in religious practice and associated mythology.