Nú skal ásynjur allar nefna:
Frigg ok Freyja, Fulla ok Snotra,
Gerðr ok Gefjun, Gná, Lofn, Skaði,
Jǫrð ok Iðunn, Ilmr, Bil, Njǫrun.
Nú skal nefna allar ásynjur: Frigg ok Freyja, Fulla ok Snotra, Gerðr ok Gefjun, Gná, Lofn, Skaði, Jǫrð ok Iðunn, Ilmr, Bil, Njǫrun.
Now all the Ásynjur shall be named: Frigg and Freyja, Fulla and Snotra, Gerðr and Gefjun, Gná, Lofn, Skaði, Jǫrð and Iðunn, Ilmr, Bil, Njǫrun.
[3] Freyja: Lit. ‘lady’. This is the goddess highest in rank next to Frigg (Gylf, SnE 2005, 29). Freyja belongs to the family of the Vanir. She is the daughter of Njǫrðr and the female counterpart of her brother Freyr, the god of fertility (see Notes to Þul Ása I l. 7 and Ása II l. 7; see also Grí 14, Lok 29-32, Þry, Gylf, Skm). Her name occurs in kennings for ‘woman’, ‘valkyrie’, ‘giantess’ and ‘gold’.