hag

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hag ¹

 (hăg)

n.

1. Offensive An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.

2.

a. A witch; a sorceress.

b. Obsolete A female demon.

3. A hagfish.

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[Middle English hagge, perhaps short for Old English hægtesse, witch.]

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hag′gish adj.

hag′gish·ly adv.

hag′gish·ness n.

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hag ²

 (hăg)

n. Chiefly British

1. A boggy area; a quagmire.

2. A spot in boggy land that is softer or more solid than the surrounding area.

3. A cutting in a peat bog.

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[Middle English, gap, chasm, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse högg; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

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hag

(hæɡ)

n

1. an unpleasant or ugly old woman

2. a witch

3. (Animals) short for hagfish

4. obsolete a female demon

[Old English hægtesse witch; related to Old High German hagazussa, Middle Dutch haghetisse]

ˈhaggish adj

ˈhaggishly adv

ˈhaggishness n

ˈhagˌlike adj

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hag

(hæɡ; hɑːɡ) or

hagg

n

1. (Physical Geography) a firm spot in a bog

2. (Physical Geography) a soft place in a moor

[C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse högg gap; see hew]

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hag¹

(hæg)

n.

1. an ugly or slatternly old woman.

2. a witch or sorceress.

[1175–1225; Middle English hagge, Old English *hægge, akin to Old High German hagazissa witch]

hag′gish, adj.

hag²

(hæg, hɑg)

n. Scot.

1. a bog.

2. a firm spot in a bog.

[1250–1300; Middle English: chasm < Old Norse hǫgg a cut, ravine]

Hag.

Haggai.

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hag

- First meant "witch."

See also related terms for witch.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hag - an ugly evil-looking old woman   beldam, beldame, crone, witch old woman - a woman who is old
	2.	hag - eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies hagfish, slime eels agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate - eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms family Myxinidae, Myxinidae - slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes Myxine glutinosa - typical hagfish eptatretus - a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus Myxinikela siroka - fossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes

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hag

noun witch, virago, shrew, vixen, crone, fury, harridan, beldam (archaic), termagant I hope the old hag hasn't come back yet.

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hag

noun

1. An ugly, frightening old woman:

beldam, crone, witch.

Slang: biddy.

Archaic: trot.

2. A woman who practices magic:

enchantress, lamia, sorceress, witch.

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Translations

عَجوز شَمْطاء

babizna

hekskælling

HexeVettel

sorcière

vén boszorkány

skass; norn

stregavecchia stregafattucchieramegera

sena raganažiežula

vecene

hekshespetrekjerring

babababizňa

cadolozçirkin yaşlı kadın

老丑妇

hag

[hæg] N (= ugly old woman) → vieja f fea, bruja f; (= witch) → bruja f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hag

[ˈhæg] n

(= ugly woman) → vieille sorcière f (= nasty woman) → chameau m, harpie f

(= witch) → sorcière f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hag

n → Hexe f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hag

[hæg] n (ugly) → befana; (nasty) → megera; (witch) → strega

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hag

(hӕg) noun

an ugly old woman. ou heks عَجوز شَمْطاء старица bruxa babizna die Hexe heks; kælling γριά στρίγκλα bruja, arpía vanamoor عجوزه akka sorcière זְקֵנָה מְכוֹעֶרֶת खूसट बुढ़िया ružna starica, vještica vén boszorkány perempuan tua jelek skass; norn strega, vecchiaccia 醜い老婆 추한 노파 sena ragana, žiežula vecene perempuan tua yang hodoh oud wijf heks, hespetre, kjerringwiedźma روى،غوروى،شيشكه،بلا، شيخى،كوډګره، بدشكله بوډى bruxa baborniţă карга baba, babizňa, striga baba ružna starica hagga, räpa หญิงแก่ที่น่าเกลียด çirkin yaşlı kadın, cadoloz 老醜婦 відьма, карга بدصورت بڑھیا mụ phù thuỷ 老丑妇

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