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Saga

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a long story of heroic achievement, or a lengthy, involved series of events
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Stage 1 of 2
saga
Old Norse · medieval
"a story, tale"
meaning "a story" or "a telling"
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Stage 2 of 2
saga
English · 1700s-1800s
"a long, heroic prose narrative"
adopted as scholars studied medieval Icelandic literature
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