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hagride

verb

Etymology

From hag + ride.

  1. derived from *Hreydʰ-✻ — “to ride”
  2. derived from *rīdaną✻ — “to ride”
  3. inherited from *rīdan✻
  4. inherited from rīdan
  5. inherited from riden
  6. compounded as hagride — “hag + ride”

Definitions

  1. To harass or torment with dread or nightmares.

    • Ye Cardinal Wolves, tear up his Royal Bones, / Do, if you dare! keep your Prerogative / To hector Kingdoms, and to hag-ride Kings.
    • [He] complains of painful, ominous dreams, which are the bane, the imbitterers of nature’s second feast, hag-riding his imagination all night;

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA