Frig and Frig.
Etymologists are pretty much agreed that there's no direct connection between the verb frig (euphemistic for f**k) and the divine name Frig (the Anglo-Saxon goddess for whom Friday was named).
But what a gift of a coincidence it is.
Imagine: a culture in which the word for 'making love' was the name of a goddess.
How good is that?
Robert Cochrane, the father of the contemporary Old Craft movement, used to sign his letters 3 (or 4) Fs. This alludes to an old tongue-in-cheek Devonshire saying: Flax, flags, fodder (and frig). These are the three (or four) necessities of life: clothing, shelter, food, and love.
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Who said Frig was etymologically associated with fuck? Frig: frigu ? e; f. Love, affection, favour; ămor :-- Sió weres friga wi