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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *sagnō, cognate with Swedish sägen, Old English sæġen (“saying, statement”). Derived from *sagjaną (“to say”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sagn n (singular definite sagnet, plural indefinite sagn)
- legend, myth
- (archaic) uttering, saying (outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn "see for oneself")
1988, Christian Braad Thomsen, Den fortabte søns hjemkomst:Troede de ikke på hende, så skulle de minsandten få syn for sagn.- If they didn't believe her, they were going to see for themselves.
1849, Carsten Hauch, Saga om Thorvald Vidførle, volume 1, page 71:Og var det et almindeligt Sagn, at der aldrig fandtes nogen i den Æt, der brød et givet Løfte- It was a common saying that nobody in that family has ever broken a promise.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫgn.
Pronunciation
Noun
sagn n (definite singular sagnet, indefinite plural sagn, definite plural sagna or sagnene)
- tale, fairytale
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin sinus (compare French sein, Italian seno, Romanian sân, Spanish seno).
Noun
sagn m
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, anatomy) breast (of a woman)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
- (Sutsilvan) péz
- (Puter, Vallader) pet