Etymology

haggard

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Middle French haggard ← Old French faulcon ← Middle High German hag
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haggard · adjective, noun1

  1. Middle High German · derived fromhag“coppice”
  2. Old French · derived fromfaulcon
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromhaggard
  4. English todayhaggard

From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))

haggard · noun2

  1. Old Norse · derived fromheygarðr“hay-yard”
  2. English todayhaggard

From Old Norse heygarðr (“hay-yard”).

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