hrafn
See also: Hrafn
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From the 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 edit
declension of hrafn
Synonyms edit
- (a raven): krummi m
Derived terms 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
References edit
- “hrafn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press