Æsir

See also æsir

English

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Etymology

From Old Norse æsir.

Alternative forms

• Aesir, aesir

Proper noun

Æsir (singular Áss, sometimes Aes, by folk back-formation)

1. The principal group of benevolent deities in the Norse pantheon, representing power and war; opponents of the Vanir.

Usage notes

Some dictionaries have Æsir/Aesir/aesir capitalized, others present uppercase and lowercase initial as alternatives.

Translations

the principal Norse gods

• Catalan: asos (ca) m pl
• Danish: aser (da) pl
• Dutch: asen (nl) pl
• Estonian: aasid (et) pl
• Faroese: æsir (fo) m pl
• Finnish: aasat (fi) pl
• Icelandic: æsir (is) pl

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: æsene pl

  Nynorsk: æsene pl

• Russian: асы (ru) (ásy) m pl
• Swedish: asar (sv) c pl

See also

• Odin
• Frigga, Frigg
• Thor
• Balder
• Tyr
• Vanir
• Frey
• Freyja

Anagrams

• aires, Aries, arise, ERISA, raise, reais