hag

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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.

From 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”)).

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вещица (veštica) — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Catalan: bruixa — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Czech: ježibaba — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Dutch: heks — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Dutch: tovenares — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Finnish: noita-akka — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• French: sorcière — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Galician: meiga — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Galician: lurpia — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Galician: bruxa — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Galician: sugota — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Galician: antaruxa — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• German: Hexe — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Hungarian: banya — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Ingrian: noita — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Irish: cailleach — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Irish: bean feasa — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Irish: seanchailleach — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Italian: strega — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Italian: fattucchiera — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Italian: megera — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Japanese: 魔女 (majo) — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Latin: lamia — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Latin: strīga — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Macedonian: ве́штерка (véšterka) — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Macedonian: ве́штица (véštica) — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Manx: caillagh ny gueshag — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Manx: gueshag — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Norwegian: utyske — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Occitan: bruèissa — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Plautdietsch: Hakjs — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Polish: wiedźma — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Polish: czarownica — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Portuguese: bruxa — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Romanian: vrăjitoare — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Romanian: babă — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Romanian: cotoroanță — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Russian: ве́дьма (védʹma) — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Russian: колду́нья (koldúnʹja) — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Spanish: bruja — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Swedish: häxa — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Swedish: häxor — witch, sorceress, enchantress
• Arabic: شَمْطَاء (šamṭāʔ) — ugly old woman
• Bulgarian: старица (starica) — ugly old woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 黃臉婆 /黄脸婆 (huángliǎnpó) — ugly old woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 老太婆 (lǎotàipó) — ugly old woman
• Czech: babizna — ugly old woman
• Czech: ježibaba — ugly old woman
• Dutch: taart — ugly old woman
• Dutch: lelijk wijf — ugly old woman
• Finnish: harppu — ugly old woman
• Finnish: huuhkaja — ugly old woman
• Finnish: noita-akka — ugly old woman
• French: sorcière — ugly old woman
• French: harpie — ugly old woman
• French: virago — ugly old woman
• French: haridelle — ugly old woman
• French: mégère — ugly old woman
• Galician: lurpia — ugly old woman
• German: Hexe — ugly old woman
• German: Vettel — ugly old woman
• Hungarian: banya — ugly old woman
• Hungarian: nyanya — ugly old woman
• Hungarian: szipirtyó — ugly old woman
• Ingrian: akka — ugly old woman
• Irish: cailleach — ugly old woman
• Italian: megera — ugly old woman
• Italian: befana — ugly old woman
• Italian: befana — ugly old woman
• Japanese: 鬼婆 (onibaba) — ugly old woman
• Japanese: ばばあ (babā) — ugly old woman
• Korean: 마귀할멈 (magwihalmeom) — ugly old woman
• Macedonian: ве́штерка (véšterka) — ugly old woman
• Macedonian: ста́рица (stárica) — ugly old woman
• Norwegian: kjerring — ugly old woman
• Polish: jędza — ugly old woman
• Polish: baba — ugly old woman
• Portuguese: bruxa — ugly old woman
• Romanian: cotoroanță — ugly old woman
• Romanian: baborniță — ugly old woman
• Russian: карга́ (kargá) — ugly old woman
• Russian: кики́мора (kikímora) — ugly old woman
• Russian: мы́мра (mýmra) — ugly old woman
• Russian: гры́мза (grýmza) — ugly old woman
• Russian: ве́дьма (védʹma) — ugly old woman
• Russian: меге́ра (megéra) — ugly old woman
• Spanish: bruja — ugly old woman
• Swedish: hagga — ugly old woman
• Vietnamese: con mẹ — ugly old woman
• Bulgarian: фурия (furija) — fury; she-monster
• Dutch: furie — fury; she-monster
• Dutch: helleveeg — fury; she-monster
• Finnish: raivotar — fury; she-monster
• Latin: furia — fury; she-monster
• Macedonian: фу́рија (fúrija) — fury; she-monster
• Portuguese: cuca — fury; she-monster
• Russian: фу́рия (fúrija) — fury; she-monster
• Swedish: hagga — fury; she-monster
• Bulgarian: прилепало (prilepalo) — Myxine glutinosa
• Finnish: limanahkiainen — Myxine glutinosa
• Irish: cailleach — Myxine glutinosa