Saga (sāg&adot_;), n.; pl. Sagas (-g&adot_;z). [Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.] A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time.
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And then the blue-eyed Norseman told
A saga of the days of old. Longfellow.
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