hag

Signification (Anglais)

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.

sorcière

virago

Myxinidae

mégère

sorcier

harpie

vieille sorcière

myxiniformes

myxinidae

myxines

vieille rombière

vieille commère

vieille harpie

slime eels

beldame

old witch

spitefire

hell-cat

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hæɡ/

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.