Æsir

See also: asir and æsir

English

Alternative forms

• Aesir
• aesir
• æsir

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. Old English ēse, 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/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːsə, (General American) -eɪziə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Æ‧sir

Proper noun

Æsir (singular Áss, sometimes Aes)

1. 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／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
• French: Ase (fr) m
• Galician: Aesir m
• Georgian: ასები (asebi), აზები (azebi)
• German: Asen (de) pl
• Icelandic: æsir (is) pl
• Italian: Asi m pl
• Japanese: アース神族 (Āsu shinzoku), アサ神族 (Asa shinzoku)
• Korean: 애시르 (Aesireu)
• Latin: Ansis m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: æsene (no) pl

  Nynorsk: æser m pl

• Old English: ēse m pl
• Old Norse: æsir m pl
• Portuguese: Aesir m pl, Æsir m pl
• Russian: а́сы m pl (ásy)
• Spanish: æsir m pl
• Swedish: asar (sv) c pl, åsar (sv) c pl

See also

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Æsir m pl

1. Alternative spelling of Aesir