/ay"sir, ay"zir/ , n. ( often l.c. ) ( used with a pl. v. ) Scand. Myth.
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard. Cf. Vanir .
[ ass god; c. OE os god, Os- in proper names (as Oswald ), OHG Ans- in proper names (as Anselm ); akin to Skt asura lord ]