sagn

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

IPA^(key): /savˀn/, [ˈsɑwˀn]
Homophone: savn

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, vol. 1, p. 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.

Inflection

Declension of sagn

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sagn	sagnet	sagn	sagnene
genitive	sagns	sagnets	sagns	sagnenes

Derived terms

folkesagn
frasagn
gudesagn
heltesagn
sagnagtig
sagnfigur
sagnfortælling
sagnhelt
sagnkonge
sagnkreds
sagnomspunden
sagnomspundet
sagnverden
tilsagn
udsagn

References

“sagn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

segn f (also Nynorsk)

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫgn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saŋn/

Noun

sagn n (definite singular sagnet, indefinite plural sagn, definite plural sagna or sagnene)

tale, fairytale

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Rumantsch Grischun) sain
(Sursilvan) sein

Etymology

From Latin sinus (compare French sein, Italian seno, Romanian sân, Spanish seno).

Noun

sagn m

(Sutsilvan, Surmiran, anatomy) breast (of a woman)

Related terms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pèz
(Sutsilvan) péz
(Puter, Vallader) pet