Re: [tied] Áss-Asura-Ahura: a god, instead of a class of gods?

At 8:32:47 AM on Saturday, July 22, 2006, Joao S. Lopes
wrote:

> 2. What is the singular form of Vanir?

Vanr.

> If Vanir belongs to the u-class, why it was not Vo,nir? or
> Venir, with i-umlaut? cf. Áss, Aesir (<*Ansuz, *Ansiwiz)

I believe that it's an i-stem; short i-stems usually don't
show i-umlaut (e.g., <staðr>, nom.pl. <staðir>).

Brian