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