The “leave” in a furlough is given with pleasure, or approval, which is how it connects back to love. Old English Frigedæg was named for Frigg, the Germanic goddess of love (and counterpart ...

In this amiable little situation com edy, Paul Newman is Private No-Class Harry Frigg, who is so unskillful at concealing his contempt for the World War II brass that he is constantly being thrown ...