E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Asa
was a term of address to all the gods of Gladsheim; as Asa Odin, Asa Thor, Asa Loki, Asa Tyr, etc.
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“‘That’s all very well, Asa Odin,’ answered Frey; ‘but who, let me ask, is to undertake the feeding of the human animal?’”—Keary: Heroes of Asgard, p. 73.
