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sa·ga

(sä′gə)

a. A prose narrative usually written in Iceland between 1120 and 1400, dealing with the families that first settled Iceland and their descendants, with the histories of the kings of Norway, and with the myths and legends of early Germanic gods and heroes.

b. A modern prose narrative that resembles a saga.

2. A long detailed report: recounted the saga of their family problems.

[Old Norse; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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saga

(ˈsɑːɡə)

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) any of several medieval prose narratives written in Iceland and recounting the exploits of a hero or a family

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) any similar heroic narrative

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Also called: saga novel a series of novels about several generations or members of a family

4. (Theatre) any other artistic production said to resemble a saga

5. informal a series of events or a story stretching over a long period

[C18: from Old Norse: a narrative; related to Old English secgan to say¹]

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sa•ga

(ˈsɑ gə)

n., pl. -gas.

1. a medieval Scandinavian prose narrative of events in the lives of historical or legendary individuals or families.

2. any narrative of heroic exploits.

3. Also called sa′ga nov`el. a form of novel that chronicles the members or generations of a family or social group.

[1700–10; < Old Norse; c. saw³]

saga

- Old Norse for "narrative."

saga

noun

1. carry-on, to-do, performance (informal) (informal, chiefly Brit.), rigmarole, soap opera, pantomime (informal), chain of events, catalogue of disasters the whole saga of Hoddle's dismissal

2. epic, story, tale, legend, adventure, romance, narrative, chronicle, yarn, fairy tale, folk tale, roman-fleuve (French) a Nordic saga of giants and trolls

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Translations

رِواية طَويلَة عن أجيال أسْرَةٍ واحِدَه

sága

saga

Saga Sage

saga

családregény

saga

saga

佐賀市佐賀県

sāgastāsts

sága

saga

[ˈsɑːgə] N (Hist) → saga f; (= novel) → serie f (de novelas) (fig) → epopeya f
he told me the whole saga of what had happened → me contó toda la odisea or historia de lo ocurrido

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saga

[ˈsɑːgə] n

(= Nordic legend) → saga f

(= long story) → épopée f

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saga

n → Saga f; (= novel also) → Generationsroman m; (fig) → Geschichte f, → Story f (inf)

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saga

[ˈsɑːgə] n → saga

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saga

(ˈsaːgə) noun

a long, detailed story. I expect he told you the saga of his troubles.

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Take up the literature of 1835, and you will find the poets and novelists asking for the same impossible gift as did the German Minnesingers long before them and the old Norse Saga writers long before that.

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On board the liner he had poured the saga of his life into Claire's attentive ears, and there was a gentle sweetness in her manner which encouraged Mr Pickering mightily, for he had fallen in love with Claire on sight.

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She told Helen that he always called on Sundays when they were at home; he knew about a great many things--about mathematics, history, Greek, zoology, economics, and the Icelandic Sagas. He had turned Persian poetry into English prose, and English prose into Greek iambics; he was an authority upon coins; and--one other thing--oh yes, she thought it was vehicular traffic.

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He now published a succession of prose romances largely inspired by the Icelandic sagas and composed in a strange half-archaic style.

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Saga public prosecutors, citing insufficient evidence, suspended action on the other suspect, who is currently on trial in Saga on a separate fraud case.

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A Q1 cash dividend of 30 cents was awarded to shareholders; the June 25 dip to $28.50 is a far cry from the $4.25 per share price seen in July 2009 for Saga.

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Hopes paid GBP38.66 each for 25,707 shares in Saga. Her prior holding, if any, wasn't disclosed.

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In April, Saga shares sank 40 per cent after it warned Brexit uncertainty was hitting its travel business and price comparison sites were eating into its insurance margins.

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Saga, founded in 1959, now makes most of its money from selling insurance and has been hit by cut-throat competition.