Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - saga
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Saga
saga
~ n 1 a long story, especially one that continues over a period of many years (an absorbing family saga) 2 informal a long and complicated series of events or a description of this (I had to listen to a great long saga about her medical problems.) 3 one of the stories written about the Vikings of Norway and Iceland
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1.
(sagas) 1. A saga is a long story, account, or sequence of events. ...a 600 page saga about 18th century slavery. ...the continuing saga of unexpected failures by leading companies. N-COUNT 2. A saga is a long story composed in medieval times in Norway or Iceland. ...a Nordic saga of giants and trolls. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Old Norse — more at saw Date: 1709 1. a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland 2. a modern heroic narrative resembling the Icelandic ~ 3. a long detailed account a ~ of the Old South ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a long story of heroic achievement, esp. a medieval Icelandic or Norwegian prose narrative. 2 a series of connected books giving the history of a family etc. 3 a long involved story. Etymology: ON, = narrative, rel. to SAW(3) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. лит. сага (средневековая) Icelandic sagas —- исландские саги 2. (также saga novel) сага, семейная хроника "The Forsyte S." —- "Сага о Форсайтах" 3. сказание о подвигах героев a western saga —- увлекательный вестерн; рассказ о приключениях ковбоев 4. pl. от sagum ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1709, an antiquarians' revival to describe the medieval prose narratives of Iceland and Norway, from O.N. saga "saga, story" (cognate of O.E. sagu; see saw (2)). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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