"sagn" meaning in Danish

See sagn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /savˀn/, [ˈsɑwˀn]
Etymology: From Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Swedish sägen, Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”). Derived from *sagjaną (“to say”). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|non|sǫgn}} Old Norse sǫgn, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*sagnō}} Proto-Germanic *sagnō, {{cog|sv|sägen}} Swedish sägen, {{cog|ang|sæġen||saying, statement}} Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|sagnet||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|sagn||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=n|g2=|head=}} sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn), {{da-noun|et}} sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|et}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=sagnenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=sagns|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=sagnets|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=sagns|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=sagnene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=sagn|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=sagnet|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=sagn}} Forms: sagnet [definite, singular], sagn [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sagn [indefinite, nominative, singular], sagnet [definite, nominative, singular], sagn [indefinite, nominative, plural], sagnene [definite, nominative, plural], sagns [genitive, indefinite, singular], sagnets [definite, genitive, singular], sagns [genitive, indefinite, plural], sagnenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. legend, myth Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-sagn-da-noun-ADD9ZudH
  2. (archaic) uttering, saying (outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn "see for oneself") Tags: archaic, neuter
    Sense id: en-sagn-da-noun-wZ0x4kLP Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: folkesagn, frasagn, gudesagn, heltesagn, sagnagtig, sagnfigur, sagnfortælling, sagnhelt, sagnkonge, sagnkreds, sagnomspunden, sagnomspundet, sagnverden, tilsagn, udsagn
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "folkesagn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frasagn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gudesagn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heltesagn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnagtig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnfigur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnfortælling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnhelt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnkonge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnkreds"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnomspunden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnomspundet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sagnverden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tilsagn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "udsagn"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sǫgn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sǫgn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sagnō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sagnō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sägen"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish sägen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sæġen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "saying, statement"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Swedish sägen, Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”). Derived from *sagjaną (“to say”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sagnet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagn",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "sagn",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "sagnet",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn)",
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "sagnenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "sagns",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "sagnets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "sagns",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "sagnene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "sagn",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "sagnet",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "sagn"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "legend, myth"
      ],
      "id": "en-sagn-da-noun-ADD9ZudH",
      "links": [
        [
          "legend",
          "legend"
        ],
        [
          "myth",
          "myth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If they didn't believe her, they were going to see for themselves.",
          "ref": "1988, Christian Braad Thomsen, Den fortabte søns hjemkomst",
          "text": "Troede de ikke på hende, så skulle de minsandten få syn for sagn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "It was a common saying that nobody in that family has ever broken a promise.",
          "ref": "1849, Carsten Hauch, Saga om Thorvald Vidførle, volume 1, page 71",
          "text": "Og var det et almindeligt Sagn, at der aldrig fandtes nogen i den Æt, der brød et givet Løfte",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uttering, saying (outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn \"see for oneself\")"
      ],
      "id": "en-sagn-da-noun-wZ0x4kLP",
      "links": [
        [
          "uttering",
          "uttering"
        ],
        [
          "saying",
          "saying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) uttering, saying (outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn \"see for oneself\")"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/savˀn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɑwˀn]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "savn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sagn"
}
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    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish neuter nouns",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 3 entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "folkesagn"
    },
    {
      "word": "frasagn"
    },
    {
      "word": "gudesagn"
    },
    {
      "word": "heltesagn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnagtig"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnfigur"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnfortælling"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnhelt"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnkonge"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnkreds"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnomspunden"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnomspundet"
    },
    {
      "word": "sagnverden"
    },
    {
      "word": "tilsagn"
    },
    {
      "word": "udsagn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sǫgn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sǫgn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sagnō"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sägen"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish sägen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sæġen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "saying, statement"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Swedish sägen, Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”). Derived from *sagjaną (“to say”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sagnet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagn",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "sagn",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "sagnet",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn)",
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "et"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "sagnenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "sagns",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "sagnets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "sagns",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "sagnene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "sagn",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "sagnet",
        "sg-def-2": "",
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      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "legend, myth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "legend",
          "legend"
        ],
        [
          "myth",
          "myth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with archaic senses",
        "Danish terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If they didn't believe her, they were going to see for themselves.",
          "ref": "1988, Christian Braad Thomsen, Den fortabte søns hjemkomst",
          "text": "Troede de ikke på hende, så skulle de minsandten få syn for sagn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "It was a common saying that nobody in that family has ever broken a promise.",
          "ref": "1849, Carsten Hauch, Saga om Thorvald Vidførle, volume 1, page 71",
          "text": "Og var det et almindeligt Sagn, at der aldrig fandtes nogen i den Æt, der brød et givet Løfte",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "uttering, saying (outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn \"see for oneself\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uttering",
          "uttering"
        ],
        [
          "saying",
          "saying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) uttering, saying (outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn \"see for oneself\")"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/savˀn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɑwˀn]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "savn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sagn"
}

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