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saga (sä′gə)

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
    in full saga novel

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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