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GODDESS OF LOVE AND WAR IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Gefn; Froya; Freyia; FREYJA; Hörn; Fréo; Mardöll; Marþöll; Sýr; Freya; Vanadís; Frijo; Mardoll; Hoern; Marthoell; Martholl; Mardoell; Frēo; Frîja; Freija; List of names of Freyja; Names of Freyja; Fröja; Freya (god); Valfreyja
  • While Freyja's cats look on, the god [[Thor]] is unhappily dressed as Freyja in ''Ah, what a lovely maid it is!'' (1902) by [[Elmer Boyd Smith]].
  • The reconstructed wagon found in the Viking Age Oseberg ship burial, featuring a depiction of nine cats
  • Nuzzled by her boar [[Hildisvíni]], Freyja gestures to a jötunn in an illustration (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]
  • ''Heimdallr returns the necklace Brísingamen to Freyja'' (1846) by [[Nils Blommér]]
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  • Reclining atop her boar Hildisvíni, Freyja visits Hyndla in an illustration (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]
  • John Bauer]] (1882–1918)
  • flyte]] in an illustration (1895) by Lorenz Frølich
  • The pendant found in Hagebyhöga, now on display in the [[Swedish Museum of National Antiquities]] in [[Stockholm]].
  • Freyja's hair]]—''Polygala vulgaris''—a species of the genus ''Polygala''.
  • Freia—a combination of Freyja and the goddess [[Iðunn]]—from [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' as illustrated (1910) by [[Arthur Rackham]]
  • Ripe rye in Northern Europe

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The Horns; Horn (disambiguation); The Horn; The Horn (disambiguation); The Horns (disambiguation)
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1.
On a vehicle such as a car, the horn is the device that makes a loud noise as a signal or warning.
He sounded the car horn.
N-COUNT: oft supp N
2.
The horns of an animal such as a cow or deer are the hard pointed things that grow from its head.
N-COUNT: usu pl
3.
Horn is the hard substance that the horns of animals are made of. Horn is sometimes used to make objects such as spoons, buttons, or ornaments.
N-UNCOUNT
see also horn-rimmed
4.
A horn is a musical instrument of the brass family. It is a long circular metal tube, wide at one end, which you play by blowing.
N-COUNT: oft the N
5.
A horn is a simple musical instrument consisting of a metal tube that is wide at one end and narrow at the other. You play it by blowing into it.
...a hunting horn.
N-COUNT
6.
see also shoehorn
7.
If you blow your own horn, you boast about yourself. (mainly AM)
PHRASE
8.
If two people lock horns, they argue about something.
During his six years in office, Seidman has often locked horns with lawmakers.
PHRASE: V inflects, pl-n PHR
9.
If you are on the horns of a dilemma, you have to choose between two things, both of which are unpleasant or difficult.
The bird is caught on the horns of a dilemma. Should it attack the predator, even though it then risks its own life. Or should it get out while the going is good?
PHRASE: PHR after v
10.
If someone pulls in their horns or draws in their horns, they start behaving more cautiously than they did before, especially by spending less money.
Customers are drawing in their horns at a time of high interest rates.
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
to take the bull by the horns: see bull
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I. n.
1.
Bony excrescence or projection.
2.
Horny matter or material.
3.
Trumpet, wind-instrument.
4.
Drinking-cup, beaker.
5.
(Bot.) Spur.
6.
Cusp, curved extremity, prong, wing (of a battle line).
II. v. a.
1.
Fit or furnish with horns, shape like a horn.
2.
Cuckold.
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·noun The Ionic volute.
II. Horn ·noun The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
III. Horn ·noun A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
IV. Horn ·noun The pointed beak of an Anvil.
V. Horn ·noun An emblem of a cuckold;
- used chiefly in the plural.
VI. Horn ·noun Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn.
VII. Horn ·vt To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
VIII. Horn ·noun A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
IX. Horn ·vt To cause to wear horns; to Cuckold.
X. Horn ·noun One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
XI. Horn ·noun The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.
XII. Horn ·noun A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle.
XIII. Horn ·noun An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
XIV. Horn ·noun The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
XV. Horn ·noun The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, ·etc.
XVI. Horn ·noun One of the curved ends of a crescent; ·esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
XVII. Horn ·noun The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
XVIII. Horn ·noun A vessel made of a horn; ·esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
XIX. Horn ·noun A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape.
XX. Horn ·noun A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, ·esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.
XXI. Horn ·noun The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
XXII. Horn ·noun Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; ·esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.

Wikipedia

Freyja

In Norse paganism, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her twin brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse Freyja, modern forms of the name include Freya, Freyia, and Freja.

Freyja rules over her heavenly field, Fólkvangr, where she receives half of those who die in battle. The other half go to the god Odin's hall, Valhalla. Within Fólkvangr lies her hall, Sessrúmnir. Freyja assists other deities by allowing them to use her feathered cloak, is invoked in matters of fertility and love, and is frequently sought after by powerful jötnar who wish to make her their wife. Freyja's husband, the god Óðr, is frequently absent. She cries tears of red gold for him, and searches for him under assumed names. Freyja has numerous names, including Gefn, Hörn, Mardöll, Sýr, Vanadís, and Valfreyja.

Freyja is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, composed by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century; in several Sagas of Icelanders; in the short story "Sörla þáttr"; in the poetry of skalds; and into the modern age in Scandinavian folklore.

Scholars have debated whether Freyja and the goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single goddess common among the Germanic peoples. They have connected her to the valkyries, female battlefield choosers of the slain, and analyzed her relation to other goddesses and figures in Germanic mythology, including the thrice-burnt and thrice-reborn Gullveig/Heiðr, the goddesses Gefjon, Skaði, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa, Menglöð, and the 1st century CE "Isis" of the Suebi. In Scandinavia, Freyja's name frequently appears in the names of plants, especially in southern Sweden. Various plants in Scandinavia once bore her name, but it was replaced with the name of the Virgin Mary during the process of Christianization. Rural Scandinavians continued to acknowledge Freyja as a supernatural figure into the 19th century, and Freyja has inspired various works of art.

Pronunciation examples for horn
1. ROBERT HORN: Robert Horn, the book writer.
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2. ILAN HORN:
My Wild Photography Journey _ Ilan Horn _ Talks at Google
3. horn trade.
WildAid _ Peter Knights _ Talks at Google
4. Hеу, thеу don't know. Hit thе horn. Hit thе horn !
The Covenant (2006)
5. MICHAEL HORN: I'm worried.
Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools _ Michael Horn _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of horn
1. Crises in Horn of Africa How do you see the way out of the crises in the Horn of Africa and what is the future of the region?
2. Finally on the Golden Horn is the Haliç, or Golden Horn, Bridge, which carries the Trans European Motorway (TEM) across Istanbul to the Asian side.
3. The Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa is aimed at detecting and defeating terrorists in the Horn of Africa region.
4. Horn, the assistant HHS secretary who oversees the grant program.
5. "Over 110÷ Is that a marriage proposal?" wonders David Horn.