Ingunar-Freyr

A name given to Freyr by his manservant Byggvir in Lokasenna. The name is also found in one version of Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar. In Beowulf the king of the Danes (Hroðgar) is called frea Ingwina1 and eodor Ingwina,2 both "lord of the friends of Ing."

See also Yngvi-Freyr, Ing.

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References

Notes

  1. 1039.
  2. 1044.

Sources

  • Lokasenna, 43.
  • Turville-Petre, E.O.G. (1964). Myth and religion of the North. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, p. 170.