sagn
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Swedish sägen, Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”). Derived from *sagjaną (“to say”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn)
- legend, myth
- (archaic) uttering, saying (outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn "see for oneself")
- 1988, Christian Braad Thomsen, Den fortabte søns hjemkomst:
- Troede de ikke på hende, så skulle de minsandten få syn for sagn.
- If they didn't believe her, they were going to see for themselves.
- 1849, Carsten Hauch, Saga om Thorvald Vidførle, volume 1, page 71:
- Og var det et almindeligt Sagn, at der aldrig fandtes nogen i den Æt, der brød et givet Løfte
- It was a common saying that nobody in that family has ever broken a promise.
Declension[edit]
Declension of sagn
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “sagn” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- segn f (also Nynorsk)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sagn n (definite singular sagnet, indefinite plural sagn, definite plural sagna or sagnene)
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sinus (compare French sein, Italian seno, Romanian sân, Spanish seno).
Noun[edit]
sagn m
Related terms[edit]
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