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| Noun | 1. (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir.[Wordnet] 2. God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Frey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1520. (references) |
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| Literature | 1: Frey Son of Niörd, the Van. He was the Scandinavian god of fertility and peace, and the dispenser of rain. Frey was the patron god of Sweden and Iceland, he rode on the boar Gullinbursti, and his sword was self-acting. (See Gerda.) 2: Niörd was not of the AEsir. He, with his son and daughter, presided over the sea, the clouds, the air, and water generally. They belonged to the Vanir. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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| Allan H. Frey | Allan H. Frey is an American neuroscientist known for his research and writing during the Cold War on the nature of the microwave auditory effect, also called the "Frey effect". (references) | ||
| Amber Frey | Amber Dawn Frey (born February 10, 1975) is an American woman who came to national prominence when she was revealed as an unwitting mistress to Scott Peterson, the convicted murderer of his wife Laci Peterson. (references) | ||
| Bruno Frey | Professor Bruno S. Frey (born on May 4, 1941 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss economists and one of the world's leading welfare economists. He is best known for his critique of Homo economicus or economic man, arguing that it places excessive emphasis on extrinsic motivation rather than intrinsic motivation. (references) | ||
| Emil Frey | Emil Frey (October 24, 1838 - December 24, 1922) was a Swiss politician. (references) | ||
| Gerhard Frey | Gerhard Frey is a German mathematician, known for his work in number theory. The Frey curve was an inspired construction of an elliptic curve from three purported solutions to the Fermat equation. (references) | ||
| Gerhard Frey (politician) | Gerhard Frey (born February 18 1933 in Cham) is a German politician and chairman of the right-wing party Deutsche Volksunion, which he founded in 1971. (references) | ||
| Glenn Frey | His first professional recording experience was performing acoustic guitar and background vocals on Bob Seger's Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in 1968. Frey and Seger would remain friends and occasional songwriting partners in later years. Frey then moved to Los Angeles. His first recording as an artist was while fronting Longbranch Pennywhistle, a duo with J.D. Souther, in 1969. Frey also met Jackson Browne there, with whom he would also sometimes write songs. (references) | ||
| Heinrich Frey | Heinrich Frey was born 15 June 1822 in Frankfurt/Main and died in Zurich on 17 January 1890 , where he had been a Professor. (references) | ||
| James Frey | Frey started writing A Million Little Pieces in the spring of 1996. He took a second mortgage on his house and saved enough money so he would not have to work for twelve months while he focused on completing the rest of his memoir. A Million Little Pieces was published in May of 2003 and became a bestseller. In 2004, Frey wrote My Friend Leonard, which continues where A Million Little Pieces left off and centers around the father-son relationship Frey and his friend from Hazelden, mobster Leonard, shared. In June of 2005, My Friend Leonard became a bestseller. In September 2005, Oprah Winfrey chose A Million Little Pieces for her monthly bookclub. (references) | ||
| Jim Frey | James Gottfried Frey (born May 26, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former manager in Major League Baseball. (references) | ||
| Kip Allen Frey | K. Allen Frey. Former Executive Vice President of World Championship Wrestling, fired by Bill Shaw, an executive on TBS's board of directors, in 1992. Frey was replaced by former regional promoter and wrestler, Bill Watts. (references) | ||
| Leonard Frey | Leonard Frey (born September 4, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York; died August 24, 1988 in New York) was an actor. (references) | ||
| Oli Frey | Oli Frey (real name Oliver Frey) was a magazine illustrator and comic-strip artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Although he was born in Switzerland, his family moved to Britain when he was young. As a child he loved The Eagle comic, and as an adult was able to fulfil his childhood dream by working on it, drawing the strips Dan Dare and The Trigan Empire. Also during the 1970s, he illustrated for IPC Media's Look and Learn magazine. When his brother Franco founded the computer magazine CRASH in 1983, together with Roger Kean, Oli became the magazine's illustrator. He also illustrated CRASH's sister magazines Zzap! 64,Amtix and The Games Machine. (references) | ||
| R. Scott Frey | R. Scott Frey is a sociologist at the University of Tennessee. He specialises in the interrelated areas of public policy, environment, and social change and social development. His recent work centers on risk and globalization issues. (references) | ||
| Sebastien Frey | Sebastien Frey (born on March 18, 1980 in Thonon-les-Bains) is a French soccer player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for ACF Fiorentina. (references) | ||
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| Central Danish | Frey's operationer (Frey operation), Frey's pensel (Frey brush). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 司丰饶和平及耕耘之神 (Frey). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 司豐饒和平及耕耘之神 (Frey). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | Frey's operationer (Frey operation), Frey's pensel (Frey brush). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | Frey's operationer (Frey operation), Frey's pensel (Frey brush). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Frey (frey). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | Sebastien Frey (Sebastien Frey), Glenn Frey (Glenn Frey), penseel van Frey (Frey brush), borsteltje van Frey (Frey brush), operatie van Frey (Frey operation). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | crin de son Frey (Von Frey hair), Sébastien Frey (Sebastien Frey), piquants de von Frey (Frey thorn), opération de Frey (Frey operation), pinceau de von Frey (Frey brush), crins de von Frey (Frey bristles). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | crin de son Frey (Von Frey hair), Sébastien Frey (Sebastien Frey), piquants de von Frey (Frey thorn), opération de Frey (Frey operation), pinceau de von Frey (Frey brush), crins de von Frey (Frey bristles). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Frey (frey). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 프레이 (frey), 프로이르 (Frey), 프로이 (Frey). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 프레이 (frey), 프로이르 (Frey), 프로이 (Frey). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Frey (frey). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Frey (frey). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | Freya (frey), Freia (Frey, freya). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | セバスティアン・フレイ (Sebastien Frey). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 프레이 (frey), 프로이르 (Frey), 프로이 (Frey). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | Frey's operationer (Frey operation), Frey's pensel (Frey brush). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | cuerno de Frey (Frey thorn), pincel de Frey (Frey brush). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Frey. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “Frey” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | Frathagey (Frey). Additional references: Athag, Frey. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | Fragey (Frey). Additional references: Double Dutch, Frey. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |º[-][z3¥ (Frey). Additional references: Leet, Frey. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | Fropey (Frey). Additional references: Oppish, Frey. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | Eyfray (Frey). Additional references: Pig Latin, Frey. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | Frubey (Frey). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Frey. (volunteer) | |||
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