Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Friday

Friday , noun

[Anglo-Saxon frigedag, from Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + dag day; compare Icelandic Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, Old High German Frīatag, Icelandic Frjādagr. Anglo-Saxon frigu is prob. from the root of English friend, free. See Free, and Day.]

The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday.