freuch (fruch)

[Sc., also written frewch, frooch, frough; = E. dial. frough, frow: see frow2.] Easily broken; brittle; frail as with rottenne , as wood. The swingle-trees flew in flinders, as gin they had been as freugh as kail cas tacks [kail-stems]. A Journal from London to Portsmouth , p. 5. Frey (fri), n. [Icel. Freyr .] In Norse myth., the god of the earth's fruitfulne , presiding over and all the fruits of the earth, and dispensing wealth among men; the son of Njord. He was especially worshiped in the temple at Upsala in Sweden. Freya (fri'ä), n. [Icel. Freyja.] In Norse myth., the daughter of Njord and sister of Frey. She is the godde of sexual love, the Scand in avian Venus.