hag

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.
2. (derogatory) An ugly old woman.
3. (derogatory) An evil woman.
4. (US, slang) A woman over the age of 30 years.
5. A fury; a she-monster.
6. 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.
7. A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
8. (obsolete) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a person's hair.
9. The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
10. (slang, uncountable) Sleep paralysis.

Verb

To cut or erode (as) a hag (a hollow into moorland).

Verb

To harass; to weary with vexation.

Concetti

strega

megera

fattucchiera

vecchia strega

Befana

befana

racchia

mago

stregone

maliarda

vecchiaccia

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

bruja

Hexe

sorcière

bruxa

στρίγγλα

Weib

👩

Myxinidae

sorcier

heks

altes Weib

Greisin

harpie

virago

bruixa

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/hæɡ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: hagge

Ereditato da inglese antico: hægtesse

Affine saterfriesisch: Häkse

Affine olandese: heks

Affine tedesco: Hexe

Ereditato da inglese medio: hag

Affine inglese: hew

Ereditato da inglese medio: haggen

Affine olandese: hagen

Affine norvegese: 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.