Hagborn

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Born of a hag or witch. archaic, not-comparable

    "Pro. […]Then was this Iſland / (Saue for the Son, that he^([sic]) did littour heere, / A frekelld whelpe, hag-borne) not honour'd with / A humane ſhape."

Example

More examples

"Pro. […]Then was this Iſland / (Saue for the Son, that he^([sic]) did littour heere, / A frekelld whelpe, hag-borne) not honour'd with / A humane ſhape."

Etymology

From hag + born.

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