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Sage
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sage saĝe säge Säge
English
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Etymology
As an English and en fr - surname, from en sage wise person, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the en sage Salvia officinalis plant. Compare en Desage, en Lesage.
As an en ga - surname, variant of en Savage.
As a en de - surname, from a placename derived from the noun de sege sedge (see en sedge).
Proper noun
~ s
en nicknames.
en male English.
en 1974 w:Alison Lurie The War Between the Tates: A Novel Open Road Media 2012 9781453271209 She wanted to give the child a unique, meaningful name; among those she and Linda liked, she said, were Laurel and Lavender. Or if it was a boy, perhaps Sage . “Why not Spinach or Cabbage?” Brian had scoffed.
en female English.
en Wicca One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle-aged Father and boyish Master
A place name:
en neighbourhood along Trout Lake Road, city:pref/North Bay p/Ontario c/Canada.
en unincorporated community co/Izard County s/Arkansas c/USA.
en CDP co/Riverside County s/California c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Burnet County s/Texas c/USA.
en ghost town co/Lincoln County s/Wyoming c/USA.
Anagrams
en aegs ages SEGA sega geas Sega %ages -ages
en unisex given names
German
de:
Etymology
de ine-pro *sekʷ- say
From de gmh sage, from de goh saga, from de gmw-pro *sagā, from de gem-pro *sagǭ.
Pronunciation
de /ˈzaː.ɡə/ Germany
de /ˈsaː.ɡɛ/ Austria
de De-Sage.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-at-Sage.ogg Austria
Noun
f
saga, legend, myth, story, tale
de Und der weise Greis, mein Meister, gab mir seinen Segen, daß ich Euch aus jenem wunderbaren, mit Unzialschrift geschriebenen Buche einige Gleichnisse, Geschichten und Sagen erzähle. And the wise old man, my master, gave me his blessing to tell you some parables, stories, and legends from that wonderful book written in uncial script. 1919 Aleksey Remizov Legenden und Geschichten Kurt Wolff Leipzig https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39175/pg39175-images.html Arthur Luther 9791041904372 fiction
Declension
f
Derived terms
de sagenhaft
Further reading