Saga \Sa"ga\ (s[=a]"g[.a]), n.; pl. Sagas (-g[.a]z). [Icel.,
akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.]
A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among
the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular
historical or religious tale of olden time.
And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days
of old. --Longfellow.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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