Aesir

The principal family of Norse gods — Odin, Thor, Frigg, Baldr, Tyr, Heimdall, Bragi and the rest — whose home is Asgard and who "met at Ithavoll" and built the world. Bellows's translation renders the word simply as "the gods"; the Old Norse Æsir (singular Áss) is the modern scholarly name, set against the Vanir, the giants and the elves.