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- noun Plural form of
saga .
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Examples
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What definite proof have we for saying that the Vinland of the sagas is the Great Lakes area?
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As I said on 5 Live this morning, the most damaging aspect of the Oaten and Hughes sagas is that young men all round the country who are firmly in the closet, will probably remain there for that bit longer because Simon Hughes's behaviour indicates a feeling of shame.
Simon Hughes Deserves Both our Condemnation and Understanding 2006
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The readers will not tolerate if your invented pantheons and magic spells, or acts of your knights-errant, humble farm boys or proud demigods contravene the established dream-logic of the fairy tales of our childhood, or the epics and sagas from the childhood of our race.
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Such high-crowned caps are mentioned in Icelandic sagas from 1200-1300 and have been found as examples of women's fashion from this period.
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Their arrival is described in Icelandic sagas and confirmed by archaeological discoveries in Newfoundland.
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Furthermore, in Icelandic sagas, ships are sometimes called the "skis of the sea."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Furthermore, in Icelandic sagas, ships are sometimes called the "skis of the sea."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Furthermore, in Icelandic sagas, ships are sometimes called the "skis of the sea."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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And I thought Icelanders preferred long, epic poems called sagas.
The Viking Claw Michael Dahl 2001
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Of all classics known to me the sagas are the most unapproachable in their naked strength.
Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Maurice Hewlett 1892
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