Middle English Dictionary Entry
hag n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hag n. Also hagge, hagh. |
| Etymology | From haggen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A portion of woodland marked off for cutting; chiefly in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.256].
Associated quotations
- (c1175-89) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)168 : Haggesgata.
- (c1180) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)73 : Hagg.
- (a1200) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)325 : Stonihag.
- (1240) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)325 : Hag.
- (1285) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)72 : Haghe.
- a1300 EPNSoc.17 (Not.)284 : Northhagge..Bromehagge.
- (1338) in Ekwall PNLan.206 : Hagg.
- (1342) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.98 : Le Hagg.
- (1352) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)260 : Les Hagges.
- (1400) in Ekwall PNLan.206 : Hagge.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4549 : De portione sua cujusdam hagg de Grenehamerton.
- (1414) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)64 : Hagh.
2.
A gap or break in a crag.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9886 : Þis castel..es hei sett a-pon þe crag, Grai and hard, wit-vten hag [Göt: hagg].