"saga" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsaːɣa/
Rhymes: -aːɣa Etymology: From Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Cognate with Old English sagu (English saw); Old Frisian sege; Old High German saga (German Sage); Old Danish saghæ, Old Swedish sagha, Faroese søga, Nynorsk soge, Jutlandic save (“a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report”), Swedish saga. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka. Compare with segja (“to say, to tell”) and sögn (“a story”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|saga}} Old Norse saga, {{der|is|gem-pro|*sagǭ}} Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, {{cog|ang|sagu}} Old English sagu, {{cog|sv|saga}} Swedish saga Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} saga f (genitive singular sögu, nominative plural sögur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f.genplna}} Forms: sögu [genitive, singular], sögur [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], saga [indefinite, nominative, singular], sagan [definite, nominative, singular], sögur [indefinite, nominative, plural], sögurnar [definite, nominative, plural], sögu [accusative, indefinite, singular], söguna [accusative, definite, singular], sögur [accusative, indefinite, plural], sögurnar [accusative, definite, plural], sögu [dative, indefinite, singular], sögunni [dative, definite, singular], sögum [dative, indefinite, plural], sögunum [dative, definite, plural], sögu [genitive, indefinite, singular], sögunnar [definite, genitive, singular], sagna [genitive, indefinite, plural], sagnanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a story Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-saga-is-noun-qQkuikEt
  2. a history Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-saga-is-noun-MCHmb2x7
  3. a saga Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-saga-is-noun-wfIA9Uyq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ganga eins og í sögu, koma til sögunnar, bera vel söguna, sjón er sögu ríkari, saga að segja frá, smásaga, úr sögunni
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsaːɣa/
Rhymes: -aːɣa Head templates: {{head|is|noun form}} saga
  1. indefinite genitive plural of sög Tags: form-of, genitive, indefinite, plural Form of: sög
    Sense id: en-saga-is-noun-O0kYgGeu Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 82 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈsaːɣa/
Rhymes: -aːɣa Etymology: From sög (“saw”). Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|sagaði||{{{22}}}|supine|sagað||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} saga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sagaði, supine sagað) Forms: sagaði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], sagað [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], sagaður [masculine, nominative, singular], söguð [feminine, nominative, singular], sagað [neuter, nominative, singular], sagaðir [masculine, nominative, plural], sagaðar [feminine, nominative, plural], söguð [neuter, nominative, plural], sagaðan [accusative, masculine, singular], sagaða [accusative, feminine, singular], sagað [accusative, neuter, singular], sagaða [accusative, masculine, plural], sagaðar [accusative, feminine, plural], söguð [accusative, neuter, plural], söguðum [dative, masculine, singular], sagaðri [dative, feminine, singular], söguðu [dative, neuter, singular], söguðum [dative, masculine, plural], söguðum [dative, feminine, plural], söguðum [dative, neuter, plural], sagaðs [genitive, masculine, singular], sagaðrar [feminine, genitive, singular], sagaðs [genitive, neuter, singular], sagaðra [genitive, masculine, plural], sagaðra [feminine, genitive, plural], sagaðra [genitive, neuter, plural], sagaði [masculine, nominative, singular], sagaða [feminine, nominative, singular], sagaða [neuter, nominative, singular], söguðu [masculine, nominative, plural], söguðu [feminine, nominative, plural], söguðu [neuter, nominative, plural], sagaða [accusative, masculine, singular], söguðu [accusative, feminine, singular], sagaða [accusative, neuter, singular], söguðu [accusative, masculine, plural], söguðu [accusative, feminine, plural], söguðu [accusative, neuter, plural], sagaða [dative, masculine, singular], söguðu [dative, feminine, singular], sagaða [dative, neuter, singular], söguðu [dative, masculine, plural], söguðu [dative, feminine, plural], söguðu [dative, neuter, plural], sagaða [genitive, masculine, singular], söguðu [feminine, genitive, singular], sagaða [genitive, neuter, singular], söguðu [genitive, masculine, plural], söguðu [feminine, genitive, plural], söguðu [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. to saw Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-saga-is-verb-ENuFrLLA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ganga eins og í sögu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "koma til sögunnar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bera vel söguna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sjón er sögu ríkari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "saga að segja frá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "smásaga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "úr sögunni"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "saga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse saga",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sagǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sagǭ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sagu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sagu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "saga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish saga",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.\nCognate with Old English sagu (English saw); Old Frisian sege; Old High German saga (German Sage); Old Danish saghæ, Old Swedish sagha, Faroese søga, Nynorsk soge, Jutlandic save (“a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report”), Swedish saga. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.\nCompare with segja (“to say, to tell”) and sögn (“a story”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sögu",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögur",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sögunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "saga f (genitive singular sögu, nominative plural sögur)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.genplna"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Tell me a story.",
          "text": "Segðu mér sögu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a story"
      ],
      "id": "en-saga-is-noun-qQkuikEt",
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The history of Japan is very interesting.",
          "text": "Saga Japans er mjög áhugaverð.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a history"
      ],
      "id": "en-saga-is-noun-MCHmb2x7",
      "links": [
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a saga"
      ],
      "id": "en-saga-is-noun-wfIA9Uyq",
      "links": [
        [
          "saga",
          "saga#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaːɣa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɣa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "is:saga"
  ],
  "word": "saga"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From sög (“saw”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sagaði",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagað",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaður",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguð",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagað",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguð",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagað",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguð",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðrar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaðra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sagaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söguðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "sagað",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{33}}}",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "weak verb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular past indicative",
        "6": "sagaði",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{22}}}",
        "9": "supine",
        "cat2": "weak verbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sagaði, supine sagað)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to saw"
      ],
      "id": "en-saga-is-verb-ENuFrLLA",
      "links": [
        [
          "saw",
          "saw"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaːɣa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɣa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "is:saga"
  ],
  "word": "saga"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "saga",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Icelandic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (74c5344 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.