Hag

See also håg, and hág

EnglishModificar

EtymologyModificar

Perhaps an abbreviation of Old English hægtesse.

PronunciationModificar

IPA: /hæg/
Rhymes: -æɡ

NounModificar

Singular
Hag

Plural
Hags

Hag (plural Hags)

A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
(pejorative) An ugly old woman.
A fury; a she-monster.
An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreti. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.
The hagdon or shearwater.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
The fruit of the hagberry.

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fag hag

TranslationsModificar

a witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard

Finnish: noita-akka fi(fi)
Polish: wiedźma pl(pl) f.

Swedish: häxa sv(sv) f., häxor sv(sv) pl.

an ugly old woman

Finnish: akka fi(fi), harppu fi(fi)
Norwegian: kjerring no(no)

Russian: карга ru(ru)
Swedish: hagga sv(sv) f.

a fury; a she-monster

Swedish: hagga sv(sv) f.

an eel-like marine marsipobranch

the hagdon or shearwater

an appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair

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