Mi primer movimiento fué arrojarme á la puerta para cerrar el paso, pero al asir sus hojas, sentí sobre mis hombros una mano

asir, to seize, grasp, lay hold of.

AS'EN, strictly speaking, are only the three gods next in rank to the twelve male Asir; but the word is not unfrequently used for the Scandinavian deities generally.

Sometimes the goddessesFrigga, Freyja, Idu'na, and Saga, are ranked among the Asir also.