Asgard

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from English Asgard, from Old Norse Ásgarðr. See Asgard (Archaea) § Discovery and nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

Asgard

1. A taxonomic kingdom within the domain Archaea – archaeans that contain eukaryotic signature proteins.

Usage notes

• After including the kingdom category into ICNP, the only validly published name of this group is kingdom Promethearchaeati. Though, Asgard is more commonly used.

References

• Asgard (Archaea) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Promethearchaeota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• Asgarth

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus

Proto-Germanic *ansuz

Proto-Norse *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ)

Old Norse áss

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos

Proto-Germanic *gardaz

Old Norse garðr

Old Norse Ásgarðrlbor.

English Asgard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Ásgarðr. Agartha may be a corruption of this.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsˌɡɑɹd/, /ˈæzˌɡɑɹd/, /ˈɑsˌɡɑɹd/, /ˈɑzˌɡɑɹd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (for one pronunciation) Homophone: ass guard

Proper noun

Asgard

1. (Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods.
   • 1884, M. W. Macdowall, Asgard and the gods, […] , page 48:

     The gods built themselves castles in Asgard, and halls that shone with gold. It is recorded that there were twelve such heavenly palaces, but the poems differ from each other in describing them.

   • 2007, Heather O'Donoghue, From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:

     So, for instance, when the giant Hrungnir became tediously drunk and boastful, it was Freyja who, of all the Æsir in Asgard, was bold enough to keep serving him drink, but equally it was she whom he threatened to take away with him.

2. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.

Synonyms

• Ases' Garth (rare)

Coordinate terms

• (The Nine Realms): Álfheimr, Jötunheimr, Midgard, Múspellsheimr, Niðavellir, Niflheimr, Svartálfaheimr, Vanaheimr

Derived terms

• Asgardian

Translations

the abode of gods in Norse mythology

• Arabic: أسكارد
• Armenian: Ասգարդ (Asgard)
• Belarusian: А́сгард (Áshard)
• Bulgarian: Асга́рд (Asgárd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿斯加德

• Czech: Ásgard
• Danish: Asgård
• Dutch: Asgaard
• Esperanto: Asgardo
• Faroese: Ásgarður
• Finnish: Asgård
• French: Ásgard (fr) m
• Georgian: ასგარდი (asgardi)
• Greek: Άσγκαρντ (Ásgkarnt)
• Hebrew: אסגארד
• Icelandic: Ásgarður (is) m
• Irish: Ascar m
• Japanese: アースガルズ (Āsugaruzu), アースガルド (Āsugarudo), アスガルド (Asugarudo), アスガルズ (Asugaruzu), アスガード (Asugādo), アスガルト (Asugaruto)
• Korean: 아스가르드 (aseugareudeu)
• Latin: Asgarthus
• Latvian: Asgarda
• Lithuanian: Asgardas
• Low German: Asgard
• Macedonian: Асгард (Asgard)
• Marathi: अ‍ॅसगार्ड (a‍ĕsgārḍa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Åsgard

  Nynorsk: Åsgard

• Old Norse: Ásgarðr
• Persian: آسگارد
• Portuguese: Asgard f
• Russian: А́сгард (ru) m (Ásgard)
• Spanish: Asgard
• Swedish: Asgård (sv) c
• Turkish: Ásgard
• Ukrainian: Асгард m (Ashard)
• Zazaki: Ásgard

Anagrams

• Agards

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus

Proto-Germanic *ansuz

Proto-Norse *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ)

Old Norse áss

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos

Proto-Germanic *gardaz

Old Norse garðr

Old Norse Ásgarðrlbor.

Polish Asgard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Ásgarðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaz.ɡart/
• Rhymes: -azɡart
• Syllabification: As‧gard

Proper noun

Asgard m inan

1. (Norse mythology) Asgard (realm of the Æsir gods)

Declension

Declension of Asgard

	singular
nominative	Asgard
genitive	Asgardu
dative	Asgardowi
accusative	Asgard
instrumental	Asgardem
locative	Asgardzie
vocative	Asgardzie

Further reading

• “Asgard”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Asgard in PWN's encyclopedia