1 dæmi-saga
u, f. a fable, parable; in old eccl. translations, the parable of the N. T. is rendered by ‘dæmisaga,’ Greg. 22; but in mod. versions and writers since 1540 a distinction is made, and dæmisögur are fables, e. g. of Aesop, Reynard, or the like; whereas the parables of the N. T. are called ‘eptir-líking;’ heyrit mik ok mína dæmisögu, Stj. 399. Judges ix. 7: an old saw, Fms. vii. 102, v. l.: a proverb, Stj. 560. 1 Kings iv. 32, (rare.)