hag
Multiple Entries:hag Hag.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hag1
▶noun a witch.
■ an ugly old woman.
– derivatives
haggish adjective.
haggish adjective.
– origin ME: perh. from OE hægtesse, hegtes, of unknown ultimate origin.
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hag2
▶noun Scottish & N. English a soft place on a moor or a firm place in a bog.
– origin ME: from ON hǫgg ‘gap’, from hǫggva ‘hack, hew’.
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Hag.
▶abbreviation Haggai (in biblical references).
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