3-570: Frode is a Norwegian and Danish masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. The name is a derivative of the Old Norse word Fróði meaning wise. It was very common in Denmark in the pre-World War II period and in Norway during the 1970s. Notable people with the name include: Fr%C3%B3%C3%B0i Fróði ( Old Norse : Frōði ; Old English : Frōda ; Middle High German : Vruote )
6-600: Is still in use in Icelandic and Faroese and appears Latinized as Frotho or Frodo . The latter form of the name is used by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings for the main character of the story, Frodo Baggins . Alternative anglicizations are Frode , Fródi , Fróthi and Frodhi . The Danish , Norwegian and Swedish form is Frode . The meaning of the name is "clever, learned, wise". The number of men with
9-520: Is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf , Snorri Sturluson 's Prose Edda and his Ynglinga saga , Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum , and the Grottasǫngr . A Danish king by this name also appears as a minor character in the Middle High German epic Rabenschlacht . The name is possibly an eponym for the god Freyr . The form Fróði
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