hrafn
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See also: Hrafn
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]hrafn m (genitive singular hrafns, nominative plural hrafnar)
Declension
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[edit]See also
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]hrafn m
Declension
[edit] Declension of hrafn (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: hrafn
- Faroese: ravnur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn, (dialectal) rabn, rabm, ravn
- Old Swedish: ramn, rampn, rafn
- Old Danish: rafn
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hrafn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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