sagas

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sagas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           And then the blue-eyed Norseman told
           A saga of the days of old.               --Longfellow.
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