hag

Significado (English)

Noun

1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. An evil woman.
4. A fury; a she-monster.
5. A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
6. A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
7. (obsolete) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a person's hair.
8. The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
9. (slang) Sleep paralysis.

Verb

To harass; to weary with vexation.

Conceptos

bruja

vieja

hechicera

myxini

vieja bruja

vieja fea

viejuja

rezongona

arpía

fiera

Synonyms

witch

crone

harridan

bag

slime eels

beldam

beldame

hagfish

old woman

shrew

virago

vixen

woman

👩

broad

old maid

old witch

old bag

quagmire

queen

👸

runt

sack

night-hag

slovenly

sorceress

termagant

tigress

spitefire

bitch

wallet

bog

frump

ghost

👻

gorgon

loose woman

harpy

harp

hell-cat

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/hæɡ/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés medio: hagge

Inherited from inglés antiguo: hægtesse

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: Häkse

Cognate with neerlandés: heks

Cognate with alemán: Hexe

Inherited from inglés medio: hag

Cognate with inglés: hew

Inherited from inglés medio: haggen

Cognate with neerlandés: hagen

Cognate with noruego: haga

In summary

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.