eldertongue

Old English · noun

haga

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈxɑ.ɡɑ/
[ˈhɑ.ɣɑ]
Syllables
ˈxɑ · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
hawanhagacumbolhagaspearmenwighagafenced-informationsrhaga

Meaning

  1. a hedge, thicket, haw

  2. an enclosure, a fenced-in area, a yard

  3. a homestead, house

  4. used figuratively as a suffix to denote military formations containing spearmen (as in anhaga, cumbolhaga, færhaga, wighaga)

Declension

Declension of haga
SingularPlural
Nominative hagahagan
Accusative haganhagan
Genitive haganhagena
Dative haganhagum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hagō. Cognate with Old Saxon hago, Middle Dutch haghe, Old Norse hagi.

Descendants

haw

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