Plural or variant form of hagga or hagg, possibly referring to a Scottish haggard or enclosed pasture area.
From Scottish/Northern English 'hagg,' possibly from Old Norse 'hagi' (enclosed field). The term relates to divisions of moorland or pastureland.
Scottish moorland is divided into 'haggs' and 'hags'—boggy, soft ground that would swallow a sheep whole—and understanding this geography shaped everything from grazing to the classic British phrase 'bog standard.'
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