Definition of Aesir

1. Noun. (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard.

Category relationships: Norse Mythology
Generic synonyms: Norse Deity

Definition of Aesir

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Æsir) ¹

2. Noun. The chief gods of pagan Scandinavia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aesir

1. as [n] - See also: as

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aesir

Aer
Aerobacter
Aerobacter aerogenes
Aerococcus
Aeroflot
Aeromonas hydrophilia lipase-acyltransferase
Aertel
Aertex
Aeschylean
Aeschylus
Aeschynanthus radicans
Aesculapian
Aesculapius
Aesculus
Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesir
Aesop
Aesop's fables
Aesopian
Aesops
Aethionema
Aethusa
Aethusa cynapium
Aetobatus
Aetobatus narinari
Aetolia
AfPak
Afade
Afars and Issas

Literary usage of Aesir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1884)
"The mythical shape of the story is that the aesir and Vanir contended and after the ... The other aesir were Thor, son of Odin and Yord, the god of the ..."

2. Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance & Folklore by Edwin Sidney Hartland, Jessie Laidlay Weston, Charles J Billson, Edward Vernon Arnold, Ivor Bertram John, Lucy Winifred Faraday, Francis Edward Sandbach, Lewis Spence, Alfred Trübner Nutt (1901)
"Among them are several who are not aesir by origin: Njord and his son and ... Snorri gives a list of fourteen aesir or Gods (Odin, Thor, Baldr, Njb'rd, ..."

3. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"Men and aesir will hate you, and you shall be doomed to live for ever with ... You make such a talk of your aesir and your aesir; but how can I know about ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Aesir on Dictionary.com!Search for Aesir on Thesaurus.com!Search for Aesir on Google!Search for Aesir on Wikipedia!

Search