Freyja's Day Friday #5 (1600-1799)

Friday: before 1000; Middle English; Old English FrÄ«gedæg Freya's day, equivalent to FrÄ«ge (genitive singular of FrÄ“o) + dæg day; FrÄ“o is identical with Old English adj. frÄ“o free. In Norse mythology, Freyja (/ˈfreɪə/; Old Norse for "the Lady") is a goddess associated with love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death. Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, keeps the boar Hildisvíni by her side, possesses a cloak of falcon feathers, and, by her husband Óðr, is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her brother Freyr (Old Norse the "Lord"), her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. (This match starts 13 November)