Æsir

Meaning

Proper Noun

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

Origin

Borrowed from Old Norse æsir, , from Proto-Germanic *ansuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from *h₂ems-; cf. Sanskrit असुर.

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