Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - legend
Legend
legend
n. 1 a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth. b such stories collectively. c a popular but unfounded belief. d colloq. a subject of such beliefs (became a legend in his own lifetime). 2 a an inscription, esp. on a coin or medal. b Printing a caption. c wording on a map etc. explaining the symbols used. 3 hist. a the story of a saint's life. b a collection of lives of saints or similar stories. Derivatives legendry n. Etymology: ME (in sense 3) f. OF legende f. med.L legenda what is to be read, neut. pl. gerundive of L legere read
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noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French ~e, from Medieval Latin ~a, from Latin, feminine of ~us, gerundive of legere to gather, select, read; akin to Greek legein to gather, say, logos speech, word, reason Date: 14th century 1. a story coming down from the past, a body of such stories , a popular myth of recent origin, a person or thing that inspires ~s, the subject of a ~ , 2. an inscription or title on an object (as a coin), caption 2b, an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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