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saga

noun

sa·​ga ˈsä-gə How to pronounce saga (audio)
 also  ˈsa-
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 saga
3
: a long detailed account
a saga of the Old South
also : a dramatic and often complicated story or series of events
For many people, the process caps an already lengthy immigration saga Nora Caplan-Bricker
A federal appeals court hears arguments Tuesday in the legal saga of two film producers fighting long prison terms and prosecutions … Jordan S. Rubin

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The original sagas were Icelandic prose narratives that were roughly analogous to modern historical novels. They were penned in the 12th and 13th centuries, and blended fact and fiction to tell the tales of famous rulers, legendary heroes, and average folks of Iceland and Norway. And they were aptly named: saga traces back to an Old Norse root that means "tale." The English word first referred only to those original Icelandic stories, but saga later broadened to cover other narratives reminiscent of those, and the word was eventually further generalized to cover any long, complicated scenario.

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A Brief History of Saga

Saga was originally used to describe Icelandic prose narratives composed in the 12th and 13th centuries. The word first appeared in English in that sense during the 18th century; by the middle of the 19th century we were employing saga in a somewhat looser fashion, in reference to modern stories involving heroic deeds that bore some resemblance to the Icelandic tales of yore. By the 20th century saga had come to be applied to other written works, typically a novel or series of novels, especially those that took place over a significant period of time. Today the word may also be used to describe a long and drawn-out story that is either written or spoken (as in “my neighbor told me the saga of his divorce again”). Saga comes from an Old Norse word of the same spelling. It does not have any connection with the adjective sagacious (“possessing quick intellectual perceptions”), which comes from the Latin sagax (“sagacious”).

Example Sentences

the saga of a shipwrecked crew Her first novel was a family saga set in Iowa. Getting our car back turned into quite a saga.
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Word History

Etymology

Old Norse — more at saw

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of saga was in 1709

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