sögusögn
Icelandic
/ˈsœːɣʏˌsœkn/
noun
Definitions
- story told by word of mouth; hearsay, rumour
Etymology
Affix from Icelandic saga (story, history, tale) + Icelandic sögn (verb, story, tale, telling, report, saying).
Origin
Icelandic
sögn
Gloss
verb, story, tale, telling, report, saying
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- saga Old Norse
- sǫgn Old Norse
- atvikssaga Icelandic
- aðalsögn Icelandic
- fjölmiðlasaga Icelandic
- hjálparsögn Icelandic
- jarðsaga Icelandic
- miðmyndarsögn Icelandic
- saga Icelandic
- sagnagerð Icelandic
- sagnbeyging Icelandic
- sagnbót Icelandic
- sagnfræði Icelandic
- sagnfylling Icelandic
- sagnorð Icelandic
- smásaga Icelandic
- sögn Icelandic
- sögumaður Icelandic
- söguríkur Icelandic
- ævisaga Icelandic
- þversögn Icelandic