Freysman

English

Etymology

From Frey +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

Freysman (plural Freysmen)

1. (Germanic paganism) One who honours Frey as their primary god.
   • 2001 May, Ann Gróa Sheffield, “Frey, God of the World”, in The Pomegranate: A New Journal of Neopagan Thought‎, number 16, page 34:

     Many of the Freysmen and hofs to Frey already mentioned were Icelandic, and early Iceland was a republic, not a kingdom.

   • 2006, Raven Kaldera, Wyrdwalkers: Techniques of Northern-Tradition Shamanism, page 13:

     The other path of Frey is that of the (slightly to very) effeminate shaman/priest with his skirt hemmed with tinkling bells, and this the Freysman who is most likely to go down this road.

   • 2010, Joshua Tenpenny, “Forward”, in Honey, Grain, and Gold‎, page i:

     It has been an honor and privilege to assemble this anthology, and the experience has brought me from quietly thinking Frey is really great to confidently identifying as a Freysman.