søga

From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”). Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsøːva]

søga f (genitive singular søgu, plural søgur)

1. story, saga, tale
2. history
3. science of history
4. history book
5. history lesson

• søguligur (“historical”)
• søgufalsan (“falsification of history”)
• søgufrøði (“science of history”)
• søgubók (“history book; story-book”)
• bókmentasøga (“history of literature”)
• bygdarsøga (“history of a village”)
• fornsøga (“ancient history”)
• forsøga (“previous history”)
• framhaldssøga (“serial story”)
• heimssøga (“world history”)
• myndasøga (“strip”)
• kærleikssøga (“love story”)
• skaldsøga (“novel”)

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