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hagEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English hagge, hegge (“demon, old woman”), shortening of Old English hægtesse, hægtes (“harpy, witch”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Häkse (“witch”), Dutch heks, German Hexe (“witch”). Doublet of hex.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hagEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English hag (denoting a gap in a cliff), from Old Norse hǫgg (“cut, gap, breach”), derivative of hǫggva (“to hack, hew”). Compare English hew, Old Swedish hug (“blow, stroke”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hagEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English haggen, from Proto-Germanic *hag(g)ōnan (compare obsolete Dutch hagen (“to torment, agonize”), Norwegian haga (“to tire, weaken”)).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- HagEnglish · e-38538-3624
Hag, hag, n. an ugly old woman, originally a witch: one of the Round Mouths, allied to the lamprey.—adj. Hag′gish, hag-like.—adv. Hag′gishly.—adj. Hag′-rid′den, ridden by witches, as a horse: troubled by nightmare.—ns. H
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Hag, hag, n. (Scot.) any broken ground in a moss or bog: brushwood to be cut down.
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