hag

Betekenis (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.

Concepten

heks

tovenares

magiër

🧙

taart

🥧

tovenaar

wijf

👩

furie

lelijk wijf

helleveeg

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hæɡ/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: hagge

Inherited from Oudengels: hægtesse

Cognate with Saterfries: Häkse

Cognate with Nederlands: heks

Cognate with Duits: Hexe

Inherited from Middelengels: hag

Cognate with Engels: hew

Inherited from Middelengels: haggen

Cognate with Nederlands: hagen

Cognate with Noors: 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.