saga

CEFRB2

/sˈɑɡə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long story about events and experiences over many years.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

Examples

  • It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.

  • The Terminator saga also has a television series.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsaɡə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.

More examples

In context

  • 2007, Saga McOdongo, Deadly money maker

  • Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.

  • The latest Fire Emblem, developed by the makers of Advance Wars and available in the U.S., is the seventh game in an epic saga that began 13 years ago on the NES.

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The author wrote a long family blank that covers over a hundred years.

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Origin

noun

From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”). Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”), German Sage (“saga, legend, myth”). More at say; Doublet of saw. Compare typologically Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos) (whence epos, epic) << Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”).