Sága

Old Norse Dictionary - sága

Meaning of Old Norse word "sága"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

sága
u, f. [akin to saga and segja?], one of the goddesses, see Gm. 7; often used in circumlocutions of a woman, silki-sága, öl-sága, etc., Lex. Poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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