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saw(2) (iou)



saw noun2.
[Old English sagu = Old Frisian sege, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch sage, Old High German saga (German Sage), Old Norse SAGA noun2, from Germanic, from base of SAY verb1.]
A saying; discourse; speech. OE-E17.
A story, a tale, a recital. Only in ME.
A decree, a command. ME-L16.
A pithy saying; a maxim, a proverb. Freq. in old saw. ME.