hrafn

See also: Hrafn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrafn (“a raven”), often spelled hramn, from the Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, cognates with English raven. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r̥apn/

  Rhymes: -apn

Noun

hrafn m (genitive singular hrafns, nominative plural hrafnar)

1. raven

   Synonym: krummi

Declension

Declension of hrafn (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hrafn	hrafninn	hrafnar	hrafnarnir
accusative	hrafn	hrafninn	hrafna	hrafnana
dative	hrafni	hrafninum	hröfnum	hröfnunum
genitive	hrafns	hrafnsins	hrafna	hrafnanna

Derived terms

• nátthrafn
• hrafntinna

See also

• kráka
• krummi
• krunka

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hramn

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-. Cognate with Old English hræfn (English raven), Old Frisian ravan (West Frisian raven), Old Saxon hravan, ravan (Low German Raav), Old Dutch ravo (Dutch raaf), Old High German raban (German Rabe). Compare also Latin corvus and Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).

Pronunciation

• Old Norse: IPA^(key): /r̥ɑvn/

Noun

hrafn m

1. raven

   Synonym: korpr

Declension

Declension of hrafn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hrafn	hrafninn	hrafnar	hrafnarnir
accusative	hrafn	hrafninn	hrafna	hrafnana
dative	hrafni	hrafninum	hrǫfnum	hrǫfnunum
genitive	hrafns	hrafnsins	hrafna	hrafnanna

Synonyms

• blóðsvǫrr (literally blood-bird, a kenning)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hrafn
• Faroese: ravnur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn, (dialectal) rabn, rabm, ravn
• Old Swedish: ramn, rampn, rafn
  • Swedish: ramn, ramm (dialectal)
• Old Danish: rafn
  • Danish: ravn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ravn

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hrafn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive