sagn

Danish

/savˀn/

noun

Definitions

legend, myth
(archaic) uttering, saying outside of compounds only in the expression få syn for sagn "see for oneself"

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sǫgn inherited from Proto-Germanic *sagnō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sagnō

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*sagnō Proto-Germanic
hörsägen Swedish
sägen Swedish
sǫgn Old Norse
sögn Icelandic
søgn Faroese
säghn Old Swedish
sögn Westrobothnian