Proper Name guide

Æsir

name · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsɪə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsɪə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiːsə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: āʹsîr '
  • General-American: āʹsē(')ər
  • General-American: āʹzîr '
  • General-American: āʹzē(')ər
  • General-American: /ˈeɪ(ˌ)sɪɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈeɪ(ˌ)siɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈeɪ(ˌ)zɪɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈeɪ(ˌ)ziɚ/
  • rhymes with -iːsə(ɹ)

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ems- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h2émsus Proto-Germanic *ansuz Proto-Norse *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ) Old Norse æsirbor. English Æsir Borrowed from Old Norse æsir (nominative plural of áss), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2émsus, from *h2ems- (“to engender, beget”); cf. Old English ēse, Sanskrit असुर (ásura). Doublet of Asura and Ahura.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: asos — the principal Norse gods
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿薩神族 /阿萨神族 (Āsà shénzú) — the principal Norse gods
  • Danish: aser — the principal Norse gods
  • Dutch: Asen — the principal Norse gods
  • Estonian: aasid — the principal Norse gods
  • Faroese: æsir — the principal Norse gods
  • Finnish: aasat — the principal Norse gods
  • French: Ase — the principal Norse gods
  • Galician: Aesir — the principal Norse gods
  • Georgian: ასები (asebi) — the principal Norse gods
  • Georgian: აზები (azebi) — the principal Norse gods
  • German: Asen — the principal Norse gods
  • Icelandic: æsir — the principal Norse gods
  • Italian: Asi — the principal Norse gods
  • Japanese: アース神族 (Āsu shinzoku) — the principal Norse gods
  • Japanese: アサ神族 (Asa shinzoku) — the principal Norse gods
  • Korean: 애시르 (Aesireu) — the principal Norse gods
  • Latin: Ansis — the principal Norse gods
  • Norwegian Bokmål: æsene — the principal Norse gods
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: æser — the principal Norse gods
  • Old English: ēse — the principal Norse gods
  • Old Norse: æsir — the principal Norse gods
  • Portuguese: Aesir — the principal Norse gods
  • Portuguese: Æsir — the principal Norse gods
  • Russian: а́сы (ásy) — the principal Norse gods
  • Spanish: æsir — the principal Norse gods
  • Swedish: asar — the principal Norse gods
  • Swedish: åsar — the principal Norse gods