on the other hand, the name of odin is scarcely ever employed, only one or two instances being found among the danes and swedes. names with frey-as their first element are more frequent, but are in small proportion compared with those in thor. In danish and swedish place-names,too,the predominance of thor is very marked, although odin and frey are better represented here than in the case of the personal names. In noway and iceland place-names of this kind are rare,but thorsness and thorsmark occur in the latter country