Frig

Frig (Old English: Frīġ) is an Anglo-Saxon cognate of Frigg, the Norse goddess of love, marriage, and foresight. In Norse mythology, Frigg is the wife of Odin and the mother of Balder, and her name is derived from the Proto-Germanic root *frijōną meaning "to love", thus meaning "beloved". The Old English form Frīġ appears primarily in set phrases and compounds, most notably in frīġedæġ, the source of the modern Friday, which translates as "Frig's day" and parallels the Latin dies Veneris (day of Venus).

Linguistically, Frig is the exact equivalent of Norse Frigg, both stemming from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Related forms include Frija (Germanic Mythology) and the reconstructed Frijjō. Some scholars have theorized that Frigg and the goddess Freya may share a common origin, though their names are not linguistically linked. In Anglo-Saxon culture, Frig—unlike the continental *Wōdanaz tradition—appears only in fragmentary evidence, but her name has endured through the naming of Friday.