Æsir

• Aesir
• aesir
• æsir

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).

• (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: -iːsə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Æ‧sir

Æsir (singular Áss, sometimes Aes)

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

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

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

Æsir m pl (plural only)

1. alternative spelling of Aesir