saga
saga
Definition
saga (sä′gə)
noun
- a medieval Scandinavian story of battles, customs, and legends, narrated in prose and generally telling the traditional history of an important Norse family
- any long story of adventure or heroic deeds
- roman-fleuve
Etymology: ON, thing said, tale, story, akin to OE sagu (> saw): see say
saga
Synonyms
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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