noun

1. Obsolete a female demon or evil spirit
2. a witch; enchantress
3. an ugly, often vicious, old woman
4. hagfish

Etymology: ME hagge, a witch, hag, contr. < OE hægtes < haga, hedge, akin to Ger hexe (OHG hagazussa): sense comparable to ON tūnritha, lit., hedge rider, hence witch

transitive verb

Etymology: Scot < ME haggen < Anglo-N form of ON höggva, to cut, hack, akin to OE heawan, hew

noun

1. 1. a cutting of wood
   2. felled trees
2. 1. the edge of a cutting in a peat bog
   2. a marsh or marshy spot
   3. a firm spot in a bog or marsh

Etymology: < Anglo-N form of ON högg, a cutting, chopping < base of the vt.