Definition of SAGA

saga

Plural: sagas

Noun

  • A long, heroic story, often of Norse origin.
  • a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
  • An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
  • Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
  • plural of sagum

Examples

  • Each game of Scrabble felt like a personal saga, filled with triumphs and defeats.

Origin / Etymology

From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).
Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”), German Sage (“saga, legend, myth”). More at say; Doublet of saw.

Scrabble Score: 5

saga: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
saga: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
saga: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

saga: valid Words With Friends Word