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hagworm dial. (ˈhægwɜːm) [a. ON. hǫggormr, the adder, f. hǫgg (:—haggw-) cutting stroke + ormr worm. (In different localities hag seems to be taken as = copse, hedge, or bog.)] A northern name for the adder or viper; but in some districts applied to the common snake, and in others to the blindworm.1...
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▪ I. hag, n.1 (hæg) Forms: α. 3–7 hegge, 6–7 heg. β. 4–7 hagge, 6–8 hagg, 6– hag. [The form hegge is found once early in 13th c.; hagge once in 14th; otherwise the word is not known till the 16th c. Usually conjectured to be a shortened form of OE. hægtesse, hæhtisse, hægtes, -tis, hegtes ‘fury, wit...
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