LEGEND
NOUNS
1300 ► MARVEL a wonderful story or legend → obs.
1815 ► THREAP a tradition, legend; an oft-repeated saying; a report → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1836 ► FANCY a legend, a fanciful tale; a whim, an idea; delirious talk; general in plural → Eng. dial.
1849 ► LEGENDRY legends collectively
NOUNS, PERSON
1593 ► FABULIST one who relates fables or legends
1611 ► LEGENDER a writer of a legend → obs.
1664 ► LEGENDIST a writer of legends
1677 ► LEGENDARIAN the writer of a legendary (collection of legends, esp. of lives of saints) → obs.
1823 ► SAGA-MAN a narrator of sagas or legends; also, the hero of a saga
VERBS
1612 ► FABULIZE to invent fables; to relate as legend → obs.
1622 ► AFFABULATE to attribute by legend; to assign fabulously; to tell tales → obs.
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