legende
Middle English
/lɛˈdʒɛnd/
noun
Definitions
- A hagiography, especially when read in church a biography of a saint
- A compendium of hagiographies a biography of a saint
- A tale or narrative focusing on a single individual; a biography.
- Any tale or narrative, especially one of a historical background.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French legende derived from Latin legenda.
Origin
Latin
legenda
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- legend English
- legendary English
- legendist English
- legendization English
- legendize English
- legendmaker English
- legendry English
- sublegend English
- legenda Latin
- legendus, legenda Latin
- legō Latin
- legenda Hungarian
- leyenda Spanish, Castilian
- legende Norwegian Bokmål
- legenda Portuguese
- legend Swedish
- legende Norwegian Nynorsk
- legende Danish
- legende Old French
- llegenda Catalan, Valencian
- legende Middle High German
- legende Middle French
- léigint Middle Irish
- legende xno