Aesir
Americannoun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of Aesir
From Old Norse, plural of āss “god”; cognate with Old English ōs “god,” Os- in proper names (as Ōswald ), Old High German Ans- in proper names (as Anselm ); akin to Sanskrit asura “lord”
Example Sentences
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A giant disguised as an eagle steals Idunn’s apples of immortality and the Aesir — as the inhabitants of Valhalla are called — start to age.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2017
The Aesir Copenhagen by Yves Behar phone, meanwhile, favors Old World craftsmanship over frills.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2012
He was the wisest, the mildest, the most eloquent of all the Aesir.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
The last root of the world-tree goes to a spring in the home of the gods, to Asgard, where the Aesir make their home.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Most of the stories we have, however, concern two gods, Odin and his son Thor, and Odin’s blood brother, a giant’s son called Loki, who lives with the Aesir in Asgard.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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