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Æsir

Æsir

See also: asir and æsir

English

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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.

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Æsir m pl

  1. Alternative spelling of Aesir

æsir

æsir

See also: asir, aesir, Aesir, and Æsir

Faroese

Noun

æsir m pl

  1. nominative plural of ásur
  2. accusative plural of ásur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse æsir.

Noun

æsir m

  1. indefinite nominative plural of ás

Old Norse

Noun

æsir

  1. nominative plural of áss

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