Aesir
or ae·sir
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
Origin of Aesir
1- Compare Vanir.
Words Nearby Aesir
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How to use Aesir in a sentence
All the above deities, together with a number of others less important, form a regularly organised community, like the Aesir.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick"We live," grunted the Aesir, busy over Amra's half-frozen feet.
Gods of the North | Robert E. HowardThe Vanir then made common cause with the Aesir and were worshipped like them.
The Story of Norway | Hjalmar H. BoyesenThe god, now ready to resign the empire of the world and prepared for the ending of the Aesir, awaits the hero's coming.
Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas | W. J. HendersonThe last despairing appeal of Waltraute for the Aesir meets with an answer which fully exhibits the change wrought in Brnnhilde.
Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas | W. J. Henderson
British Dictionary definitions for Aesir
/ (ˈeɪsɪə) /
the chief gods of Norse mythology dwelling in Asgard
Origin of Aesir
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