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