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saga Definition

saga ()

noun

  1. a medieval Scandinavian story of battles, customs, and legends, narrated in prose and generally telling the traditional history of an important Norse family
  2. any long story of adventure or heroic deeds
  3. roman-fleuve

Etymology: ON, thing said, tale, story, akin to OE sagu (> saw): see say

saga Synonyms

saga

n.

saga Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • unfold: The police have just announced a dreadful development in this unfolding saga!
  • continue: The attacks come in the main from the continuing saga of Drumcree.
  • begin: In the early 1750s began a saga to succeed Plummer which here can only be outlined.
  • run: One thing the media love is a long running saga.
  • tell: The Romans feasted and gambled, the Vikings told sagas of gods and played music.

Adjective modifier

  • long-running: It marks a step forward in the long-running saga of the film, which has spent years in development hell.
  • Icelandic: There is at least some precedent for this, in the idea of the " god friend " as found in the Icelandic sagas.
  • Norse: In the evening we went to a Viking village and sat around a fire listening to a Norse saga.
  • sorry: Thus the whole sorry saga could be brought to a convenient close.
  • ongoing: The books being released now fit into arcs telling a section of an ongoing saga.
  • heroic: It was an antidote to the overly serious heroic fantasy sagas that were around at that time.

Modifies a noun

  • holiday: Saga holidays bought of age and south pacific cruising caribbean international and.
  • insurance: Saga car insurance provides a nice clear chart on their web site to outline what their insurance covers.
  • travel: Laptop computer and as a holiday insurance saga travel whole for children with.

Noun used with modifier

  • epic: It's rather like The Red Shoes transformed into an epic saga.
  • Viking: Here's a tale told like a Viking saga.
  • compost: Jane Ennis - Sun, 22 October 12:57 Further developments in the compost bin saga!
  • bin: Jane Ennis - Sun, 22 October 12:57 Further developments in the compost bin saga!
  • family: The dread curve of Michael Corleone's life, which provided a dramatic spine for the family saga, has lost its sinister bend.
  • transfer: Posh yesterday rejected an attempt by Lincoln to solve the Simon Yeo transfer saga.

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