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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1584
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Saga. (L. sāga a female diviner, a wise woman, fortune-teller, soothsayer (Lewis & Short).) — 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv 312.
Thair Saga [supra Phetanissa] slew ane saikles beast
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