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Æsir

//ˈʌɪsɪə// name

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  1. 1
    The principal group of benevolent deities in the Norse pantheon, representing power and war; opponents of the Vanir.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse æsir (nominative plural of áss), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”); cf. Old English ēse, Sanskrit असुर (ásura).

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