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hag (2)

Flag: gbEnglishOxford Dictionary of English
hag2 /haɡ /
▸ noun Scottish English / Northern England
1 (also peat hag) an overhang of peat.
2 a soft place on a moor or a firm place in a bog.
– ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a gap in a cliff): from Old Norse hǫgg ‘gap’, from hǫggva ‘hack, hew’.