saga

sa·ga  (säg)

n.

1.

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.

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[Old Norse; see sek^w-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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saga [sah-ga]

Noun

1. a medieval Scandinavian legend telling the adventures of a hero or a family

2. Informal a long story or series of events: the long-running saga of the hostage issue [Old Norse]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

saga - a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account adventure story, heroic tale - a story of an adventure

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saga

noun 1. carry-on, (informal) to-do, performance (informal) rigmarole, soap opera, pantomime (informal)

noun 2. epic, story, tale, legend, adventure, romance, narrative, chronicle, yarn, fairy tale, folk tale, roman-fleuve (French)

Translations

saga [ˈsɑːgə] n (HISTORY) → saga;

(fig) → epopeya

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saga [ˈsɑːgə] n → saga f (fig); épopée f

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saga [ˈsɑːgə] n → Saga f (fig); Geschichte f

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saga [ˈsɑːgə] n → saga;

(fig) → odissea

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saga

n saga [ˈsaːgə]

a long, detailed story I expect he told you the saga of his troubles. sage رِواية طَويلَة عن أجيال أسْرَةٍ واحِدَه сага sága saga die Saga έπος saga saaga داستان حماسي taru saga הַגָדָה आख्यान pripovjetka, saga családregény kisah saga saga 物語 긴 이야기, 전설 saga, istorija sāga; stāsts kisah panjang relaas saga saga, historia saga saga сага sága saga saga saga, historia ตำนาน; เรื่องเล่า) destan 長而詳細的故事(或傳奇) сага, легенда داستان trường thiên tiểu thuyết 长而详细的故事（或传奇）