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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Friday \Fri"day\, noun [AS. friged[ae]g, fr. Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + d[ae]g day; cf. Icel. Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, OHG. Fr[=i]atag, Icel. Frj[=a]dagr. AS. frigu is prob. from the root of E. friend, free. See {Free}, and {Day}.] The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Friday
noun: the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day [syn: {Fri}]
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