Definition of saga in English:

saga

noun ˈsɑːɡəˈsɑɡə

1A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic.
萨迦（关于英雄业绩的长篇故事，尤指用古挪威语或古冰岛语记载的中世纪叙事散文）；英雄传奇
a figure straight out of a Viking saga
直接出自北欧海盗萨迦的人物。
Example sentencesExamples
- Maybe that rumour could be added to the list of Viking myths and sagas that will feature next Friday in Bardic Adventurers!
- I even read the Norse sagas and Icelandic literature and I love Celtic lore.
- The ancient sagas of Snorri Sturluson are well-known among medieval literary scholars.
- The manuscripts are the source for all the major texts of Old and Middle Irish literature, such as sagas, dinnshenchas, genealogies, law tracts, and much other lore.
- However, more recent research suggests that the Jomsvikings may never have existed as the disciplined guild of warriors portrayed in the sagas.
- Such verses are preserved mainly in the kings' sagas; many ‘lausavísur’ or occasional verses, and some love poetry are included in the narratives of family sagas.
- Okpewho apparently wishes to treat his narratives as a form of heroic recitation similar to the epics and heroic sagas that have been recorded elsewhere on the continent, despite the generic differences described above.
- The first sagas were the Norse sagas from Iceland and Scandinavia.
- Like the earliest of the sagas, they were written in the late 12th century, and there are some textual relations between the Latin histories and the Icelandic sagas.
- Despite all the heroic deeds in tales and sagas, a grown man would have seen a major conflict about once every twenty years.
- Their story, told in an Icelandic saga, neatly sums up the English experience of the Norman Conquest.
- Had Guo ever read the old Icelandic sagas, she would have found the scene toward the end of The Saga of Burnt Njal quite familiar.
- It had also a supporting role within several great ethno-historical myths: the Táin, the Welsh epics, the lives of saints, the Viking sagas.
- There are boulders in Iceland that have historical significance as having been the stones mentioned in the sagas.
- In England, William Morris translated the Icelandic sagas and Cecil Sharp collected village dances and songs.
- Famous swords abound in the sagas, for example Grásítha (grey-sides) and Gunnlogi (flame of battle) in Gísla's Saga.
- Oral-connected prose works such as the Mabinogion and the Norse sagas fall within the discussion, but Foley develops no distinction between the poetic and the non-poetic in the context of oral art.
- Because if sagas make contemporary war stories pale into nothingness, the old fairy tales make contemporary horror seem like nice, sweet stories dreamed up by the boys at Disney.
- The sagas, legends, myths and histories which have been passed on orally or in written documents by ancient peoples are sometimes called pseudohistory.
- Action continues throughout the week with battle re-enactments, living history, Viking walks, contemporary art, Viking sagas, the Long Ship River Challenge on the Ouse, and Viking markets.
Synonyms
epic, chronicle, legend, folk tale, romance, traditional story, history, narrative, adventure, fairy story, myth
French roman-fleuve
2A long, involved story, account, or series of incidents.
长篇故事；长篇记叙；一连串事件
launching into the saga of her engagement
开始大讲她的订婚史。
Example sentencesExamples
- The saga began two years ago when a swimmer died after hitting his head on a submerged post in the lake.
- Later she was described as the only sane person in the whole saga.
- The Minister's gaffe came amidst a day of heightened pressure on all players involved in the saga.
- Remember last year, and the whole saga of the Vicarage being saved from falling down?
- The truth is that the Enron saga began in India many years ago, many years before I knew anything about it.
- The Jacobite story was one of history's longest running spy sagas.
- I walked out thankful the whole saga was over - it is a very stressful time for footballers.
- And because the Internet is so amazing you can see the whole saga here with just one click.
- Indeed Mr Jones is right to acknowledge the impact the whole saga has had on staff morale.
- History will not be on Blair's side, it will show that the whole saga is a great political scandal.
- The saga begins in London with the American hostess Barbara Heinz inviting Dorrit to lunch.
- It's fully revised, with a new chapter taking in the whole saga of his resignation and comeback.
- At least one thing came out of the whole saga, and that was that I managed to write a post that brought people to my blog.
- Trudeau's stated goal was to produce a work that provides ‘a comprehensive narrative of one of the most unforgettable sagas in United States history.’
- Here began a saga which though now resolved may yet have a sequel.
- Instead, the whole saga was blown up by Microsoft's PR machine to help them avoid paying the huge fine.
- Having heard the whole saga, I would not lay that charge at their door.
- Thirty seconds into the additional period came what would be the turning point of the whole saga.
- An account of the sorry saga appeared in a Think Secret scoop last week.
- And so began a saga that involved the Rail Regulator and the Rail Passenger Committee.
Synonyms
rigmarole, story, lengthy story/statement/explanation
chain of events, catalogue of disasters
informal spiel, palaver

Origin

Early 18th century: from Old Norse, literally 'narrative'; related to saw³.

The original medieval sagas told traditional stories of the families of Iceland and the kings of Norway. No one in Britain paid much attention to them until the 18th century, at the same time as the word saga entered the language. Its old Icelandic original is the equivalent of English saw in old saw, an old proverb or maxim, and meant ‘a narrative, a story’. From the mid 19th century saga came also to apply to stories of heroic achievement and then to novels tracing families through several generations. The 1990s gave us the Aga saga, a novel by a writer such as Joanna Trollope set in a rural location and concerning the emotional lives of characters who set great store by their Aga, a stove invented in Sweden. Aga (mid 20th century) gets its name from the initial letters of Svenska Aktienbolaget Gasackumulator, Swedish Gas Accumulator Company, the original manufacturers.

Rhymes

Aga, Braga, dagga, dargah, laager, lager, naga, Onondaga, raga

Definition of saga in US English:

saga

nounˈsäɡəˈsɑɡə

1A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic.
萨迦（关于英雄业绩的长篇故事，尤指用古挪威语或古冰岛语记载的中世纪叙事散文）；英雄传奇
a figure straight out of a Viking saga
直接出自北欧海盗萨迦的人物。
Example sentencesExamples
- I even read the Norse sagas and Icelandic literature and I love Celtic lore.
- Because if sagas make contemporary war stories pale into nothingness, the old fairy tales make contemporary horror seem like nice, sweet stories dreamed up by the boys at Disney.
- Action continues throughout the week with battle re-enactments, living history, Viking walks, contemporary art, Viking sagas, the Long Ship River Challenge on the Ouse, and Viking markets.
- Their story, told in an Icelandic saga, neatly sums up the English experience of the Norman Conquest.
- Like the earliest of the sagas, they were written in the late 12th century, and there are some textual relations between the Latin histories and the Icelandic sagas.
- However, more recent research suggests that the Jomsvikings may never have existed as the disciplined guild of warriors portrayed in the sagas.
- Okpewho apparently wishes to treat his narratives as a form of heroic recitation similar to the epics and heroic sagas that have been recorded elsewhere on the continent, despite the generic differences described above.
- Famous swords abound in the sagas, for example Grásítha (grey-sides) and Gunnlogi (flame of battle) in Gísla's Saga.
- The ancient sagas of Snorri Sturluson are well-known among medieval literary scholars.
- It had also a supporting role within several great ethno-historical myths: the Táin, the Welsh epics, the lives of saints, the Viking sagas.
- The sagas, legends, myths and histories which have been passed on orally or in written documents by ancient peoples are sometimes called pseudohistory.
- The first sagas were the Norse sagas from Iceland and Scandinavia.
- Despite all the heroic deeds in tales and sagas, a grown man would have seen a major conflict about once every twenty years.
- In England, William Morris translated the Icelandic sagas and Cecil Sharp collected village dances and songs.
- Oral-connected prose works such as the Mabinogion and the Norse sagas fall within the discussion, but Foley develops no distinction between the poetic and the non-poetic in the context of oral art.
- The manuscripts are the source for all the major texts of Old and Middle Irish literature, such as sagas, dinnshenchas, genealogies, law tracts, and much other lore.
- There are boulders in Iceland that have historical significance as having been the stones mentioned in the sagas.
- Maybe that rumour could be added to the list of Viking myths and sagas that will feature next Friday in Bardic Adventurers!
- Such verses are preserved mainly in the kings' sagas; many ‘lausavísur’ or occasional verses, and some love poetry are included in the narratives of family sagas.
- Had Guo ever read the old Icelandic sagas, she would have found the scene toward the end of The Saga of Burnt Njal quite familiar.
Synonyms
epic, chronicle, legend, folk tale, romance, traditional story, history, narrative, adventure, fairy story, myth
1. 1.1 A long, involved story, account, or series of incidents.
  长篇故事；长篇记叙；一连串事件
  the saga of her engagement
  开始大讲她的订婚史。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's fully revised, with a new chapter taking in the whole saga of his resignation and comeback.
  At least one thing came out of the whole saga, and that was that I managed to write a post that brought people to my blog.
  The saga began two years ago when a swimmer died after hitting his head on a submerged post in the lake.
  The Jacobite story was one of history's longest running spy sagas.
  Later she was described as the only sane person in the whole saga.
  Here began a saga which though now resolved may yet have a sequel.
  And because the Internet is so amazing you can see the whole saga here with just one click.
  The truth is that the Enron saga began in India many years ago, many years before I knew anything about it.
  An account of the sorry saga appeared in a Think Secret scoop last week.
  Having heard the whole saga, I would not lay that charge at their door.
  I walked out thankful the whole saga was over - it is a very stressful time for footballers.
  Trudeau's stated goal was to produce a work that provides ‘a comprehensive narrative of one of the most unforgettable sagas in United States history.’
  History will not be on Blair's side, it will show that the whole saga is a great political scandal.
  Remember last year, and the whole saga of the Vicarage being saved from falling down?
  The saga begins in London with the American hostess Barbara Heinz inviting Dorrit to lunch.
  Thirty seconds into the additional period came what would be the turning point of the whole saga.
  Instead, the whole saga was blown up by Microsoft's PR machine to help them avoid paying the huge fine.
  The Minister's gaffe came amidst a day of heightened pressure on all players involved in the saga.
  And so began a saga that involved the Rail Regulator and the Rail Passenger Committee.
  Indeed Mr Jones is right to acknowledge the impact the whole saga has had on staff morale.
  Synonyms
  rigmarole, story, lengthy explanation, lengthy statement, lengthy story

Origin

Early 18th century: from Old Norse, literally ‘narrative’; related to saw.

单词	saga
释义	Definition of saga in English: saga noun ˈsɑːɡəˈsɑɡə 1A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic. 萨迦（关于英雄业绩的长篇故事，尤指用古挪威语或古冰岛语记载的中世纪叙事散文）；英雄传奇 a figure straight out of a Viking saga 直接出自北欧海盗萨迦的人物。 Example sentencesExamples Maybe that rumour could be added to the list of Viking myths and sagas that will feature next Friday in Bardic Adventurers! I even read the Norse sagas and Icelandic literature and I love Celtic lore. The ancient sagas of Snorri Sturluson are well-known among medieval literary scholars. The manuscripts are the source for all the major texts of Old and Middle Irish literature, such as sagas, dinnshenchas, genealogies, law tracts, and much other lore. However, more recent research suggests that the Jomsvikings may never have existed as the disciplined guild of warriors portrayed in the sagas. Such verses are preserved mainly in the kings' sagas; many ‘lausavísur’ or occasional verses, and some love poetry are included in the narratives of family sagas. Okpewho apparently wishes to treat his narratives as a form of heroic recitation similar to the epics and heroic sagas that have been recorded elsewhere on the continent, despite the generic differences described above. The first sagas were the Norse sagas from Iceland and Scandinavia. Like the earliest of the sagas, they were written in the late 12th century, and there are some textual relations between the Latin histories and the Icelandic sagas. Despite all the heroic deeds in tales and sagas, a grown man would have seen a major conflict about once every twenty years. Their story, told in an Icelandic saga, neatly sums up the English experience of the Norman Conquest. Had Guo ever read the old Icelandic sagas, she would have found the scene toward the end of The Saga of Burnt Njal quite familiar. It had also a supporting role within several great ethno-historical myths: the Táin, the Welsh epics, the lives of saints, the Viking sagas. There are boulders in Iceland that have historical significance as having been the stones mentioned in the sagas. In England, William Morris translated the Icelandic sagas and Cecil Sharp collected village dances and songs. Famous swords abound in the sagas, for example Grásítha (grey-sides) and Gunnlogi (flame of battle) in Gísla's Saga. Oral-connected prose works such as the Mabinogion and the Norse sagas fall within the discussion, but Foley develops no distinction between the poetic and the non-poetic in the context of oral art. Because if sagas make contemporary war stories pale into nothingness, the old fairy tales make contemporary horror seem like nice, sweet stories dreamed up by the boys at Disney. The sagas, legends, myths and histories which have been passed on orally or in written documents by ancient peoples are sometimes called pseudohistory. Action continues throughout the week with battle re-enactments, living history, Viking walks, contemporary art, Viking sagas, the Long Ship River Challenge on the Ouse, and Viking markets. Synonyms epic, chronicle, legend, folk tale, romance, traditional story, history, narrative, adventure, fairy story, myth French roman-fleuve 2A long, involved story, account, or series of incidents. 长篇故事；长篇记叙；一连串事件 launching into the saga of her engagement 开始大讲她的订婚史。 Example sentencesExamples The saga began two years ago when a swimmer died after hitting his head on a submerged post in the lake. Later she was described as the only sane person in the whole saga. The Minister's gaffe came amidst a day of heightened pressure on all players involved in the saga. Remember last year, and the whole saga of the Vicarage being saved from falling down? The truth is that the Enron saga began in India many years ago, many years before I knew anything about it. The Jacobite story was one of history's longest running spy sagas. I walked out thankful the whole saga was over - it is a very stressful time for footballers. And because the Internet is so amazing you can see the whole saga here with just one click. Indeed Mr Jones is right to acknowledge the impact the whole saga has had on staff morale. History will not be on Blair's side, it will show that the whole saga is a great political scandal. The saga begins in London with the American hostess Barbara Heinz inviting Dorrit to lunch. It's fully revised, with a new chapter taking in the whole saga of his resignation and comeback. At least one thing came out of the whole saga, and that was that I managed to write a post that brought people to my blog. Trudeau's stated goal was to produce a work that provides ‘a comprehensive narrative of one of the most unforgettable sagas in United States history.’ Here began a saga which though now resolved may yet have a sequel. Instead, the whole saga was blown up by Microsoft's PR machine to help them avoid paying the huge fine. Having heard the whole saga, I would not lay that charge at their door. Thirty seconds into the additional period came what would be the turning point of the whole saga. An account of the sorry saga appeared in a Think Secret scoop last week. And so began a saga that involved the Rail Regulator and the Rail Passenger Committee. Synonyms rigmarole, story, lengthy story/statement/explanation chain of events, catalogue of disasters informal spiel, palaver Origin Early 18th century: from Old Norse, literally 'narrative'; related to saw³. The original medieval sagas told traditional stories of the families of Iceland and the kings of Norway. No one in Britain paid much attention to them until the 18th century, at the same time as the word saga entered the language. Its old Icelandic original is the equivalent of English saw in old saw, an old proverb or maxim, and meant ‘a narrative, a story’. From the mid 19th century saga came also to apply to stories of heroic achievement and then to novels tracing families through several generations. The 1990s gave us the Aga saga, a novel by a writer such as Joanna Trollope set in a rural location and concerning the emotional lives of characters who set great store by their Aga, a stove invented in Sweden. Aga (mid 20th century) gets its name from the initial letters of Svenska Aktienbolaget Gasackumulator, Swedish Gas Accumulator Company, the original manufacturers. Rhymes Aga, Braga, dagga, dargah, laager, lager, naga, Onondaga, raga Definition of saga in US English: saga nounˈsäɡəˈsɑɡə 1A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic. 萨迦（关于英雄业绩的长篇故事，尤指用古挪威语或古冰岛语记载的中世纪叙事散文）；英雄传奇 a figure straight out of a Viking saga 直接出自北欧海盗萨迦的人物。 Example sentencesExamples I even read the Norse sagas and Icelandic literature and I love Celtic lore. Because if sagas make contemporary war stories pale into nothingness, the old fairy tales make contemporary horror seem like nice, sweet stories dreamed up by the boys at Disney. Action continues throughout the week with battle re-enactments, living history, Viking walks, contemporary art, Viking sagas, the Long Ship River Challenge on the Ouse, and Viking markets. Their story, told in an Icelandic saga, neatly sums up the English experience of the Norman Conquest. Like the earliest of the sagas, they were written in the late 12th century, and there are some textual relations between the Latin histories and the Icelandic sagas. However, more recent research suggests that the Jomsvikings may never have existed as the disciplined guild of warriors portrayed in the sagas. Okpewho apparently wishes to treat his narratives as a form of heroic recitation similar to the epics and heroic sagas that have been recorded elsewhere on the continent, despite the generic differences described above. Famous swords abound in the sagas, for example Grásítha (grey-sides) and Gunnlogi (flame of battle) in Gísla's Saga. The ancient sagas of Snorri Sturluson are well-known among medieval literary scholars. It had also a supporting role within several great ethno-historical myths: the Táin, the Welsh epics, the lives of saints, the Viking sagas. The sagas, legends, myths and histories which have been passed on orally or in written documents by ancient peoples are sometimes called pseudohistory. The first sagas were the Norse sagas from Iceland and Scandinavia. Despite all the heroic deeds in tales and sagas, a grown man would have seen a major conflict about once every twenty years. In England, William Morris translated the Icelandic sagas and Cecil Sharp collected village dances and songs. Oral-connected prose works such as the Mabinogion and the Norse sagas fall within the discussion, but Foley develops no distinction between the poetic and the non-poetic in the context of oral art. The manuscripts are the source for all the major texts of Old and Middle Irish literature, such as sagas, dinnshenchas, genealogies, law tracts, and much other lore. There are boulders in Iceland that have historical significance as having been the stones mentioned in the sagas. Maybe that rumour could be added to the list of Viking myths and sagas that will feature next Friday in Bardic Adventurers! Such verses are preserved mainly in the kings' sagas; many ‘lausavísur’ or occasional verses, and some love poetry are included in the narratives of family sagas. Had Guo ever read the old Icelandic sagas, she would have found the scene toward the end of The Saga of Burnt Njal quite familiar. Synonyms epic, chronicle, legend, folk tale, romance, traditional story, history, narrative, adventure, fairy story, myth 1.1 A long, involved story, account, or series of incidents. 长篇故事；长篇记叙；一连串事件 the saga of her engagement 开始大讲她的订婚史。 Example sentencesExamples It's fully revised, with a new chapter taking in the whole saga of his resignation and comeback. At least one thing came out of the whole saga, and that was that I managed to write a post that brought people to my blog. The saga began two years ago when a swimmer died after hitting his head on a submerged post in the lake. The Jacobite story was one of history's longest running spy sagas. Later she was described as the only sane person in the whole saga. Here began a saga which though now resolved may yet have a sequel. And because the Internet is so amazing you can see the whole saga here with just one click. The truth is that the Enron saga began in India many years ago, many years before I knew anything about it. An account of the sorry saga appeared in a Think Secret scoop last week. Having heard the whole saga, I would not lay that charge at their door. I walked out thankful the whole saga was over - it is a very stressful time for footballers. Trudeau's stated goal was to produce a work that provides ‘a comprehensive narrative of one of the most unforgettable sagas in United States history.’ History will not be on Blair's side, it will show that the whole saga is a great political scandal. Remember last year, and the whole saga of the Vicarage being saved from falling down? The saga begins in London with the American hostess Barbara Heinz inviting Dorrit to lunch. Thirty seconds into the additional period came what would be the turning point of the whole saga. Instead, the whole saga was blown up by Microsoft's PR machine to help them avoid paying the huge fine. The Minister's gaffe came amidst a day of heightened pressure on all players involved in the saga. And so began a saga that involved the Rail Regulator and the Rail Passenger Committee. Indeed Mr Jones is right to acknowledge the impact the whole saga has had on staff morale. Synonyms rigmarole, story, lengthy explanation, lengthy statement, lengthy story Origin Early 18th century: from Old Norse, literally ‘narrative’; related to saw.
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