hag
To cut or erode a hagTo cut or erode (as) a hag (a hollow into moorland).
» One day I, too, would like to be a mean old hag.
Однажды я бы тоже хотела стать злой старой ведьмой. — odexed · CC BY 2.0 FR
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
2 sensesTo cut or erode (as) a hag (a hollow into moorland).
(transitive)To harass; to weary with vexation.
Examples
6 sentencesOne day I, too, would like to be a mean old hag.
ruОднажды я бы тоже хотела стать злой старой ведьмой. — odexed · CC BY 2.0 FR
An old hag of 50 years made me lustful propositions; she wanted to kiss me.
Marie is an old hag.
Don't trust this hag!
Hagåtña is the capital of Guam.
ruХагатна - столица Гуама. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English hag (denoting a gap in a cliff), from Old Norse hǫgg (“cut, gap, breacFrom Middle English hag (denoting a gap in a cliff), from Old Norse hǫgg (“cut, gap, breach”), derivative of hǫggva (“to hack, hew”). Compare English hew, Old Swedish hug (“blow, stroke”).
From Middle English haggen, from Proto-Germanic *hag(g)ōnan (compare obsolete Dutch hagen (“to torment, agonize”), Norwegian haga (“to tire, weaken”)).
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Forms
hags, hagging, hagged, haggedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.