Æsir

See also: asir and æsir

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse æsir, nominative plural of áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”); cf. Sanskrit असुर (ásura).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪsɪə/, /ˈiːsə/
(General American) enPR: āʹsîr('), āʹsē(')ər, āʹzîr('), āʹzē(')ər, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ(ˌ)sɪɹ/, /ˈeɪ(ˌ)siɚ/, /ˈeɪ(ˌ)zɪɹ/, /ˈeɪ(ˌ)ziɚ/
Hyphenation: Æ‧sir

Proper noun

Æsir (singular Áss, sometimes Aes)

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

Usage notes

Some dictionaries capitalize this term, others present uppercase and lowercase initial as alternatives.

Translations

the principal Norse gods

Catalan: asos (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿薩神族 (zh), 阿萨神族 (zh) (Āsà shénzú)
Danish: aser (da) pl
Dutch: Asen pl
Estonian: aasid (et) pl
Faroese: æsir m pl
Finnish: aasat (fi) pl
Galician: Aesir m
Georgian: ასები (asebi), აზები (azebi)
German: Asen (de) pl

Icelandic: æsir (is) pl
Japanese: アース神族 (Āsu shinzoku), アサ神族 (Asa shinzoku)
Korean: 에시르 (Esireu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: æsene (no) pl

Nynorsk: æsene pl
Portuguese: Aesir m pl, Æsir m pl
Russian: а́сы (ru) m pl (ásy)
Spanish: æsir m pl
Swedish: asar (sv) c pl

See also

Portuguese

Proper noun

Æsir m pl

Alternative spelling of Aesir

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