Three things about the Germanic peoples

Ásatrú (pronounced “au satru”) derives from Old Norse. The word consists of two parts - the first being Ása-, genitive of Áss, denoting one of the group of Norse gods called Aesir; the second part, trú, means “faith, word of honour; religious faith, belief” (archaic English troth “loyalty, honesty, good faith”). ................
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