hrafn

See also: Hrafn

Icelandic

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /r̥apn/
Rhymes: -apn

Noun

hrafn m (genitive singular hrafns, nominative plural hrafnar)

raven

Declension

declension of hrafn

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	hrafn	hrafninn	hrafnar	hrafnarnir
accusative	hrafn	hrafninn	hrafna	hrafnana
dative	hrafni	hrafninum	hröfnum	hröfnunum
genitive	hrafns	hrafnsins	hrafna	hrafnanna

Synonyms

(a raven): krummi m

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

Alternative forms

hramn

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaz), 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

raven

Declension

Declension of hrafn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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)
korpr

Descendants

Icelandic: hrafn
Faroese: ravnur
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: ravn

Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn
Old Swedish: ramn, rampn
- Swedish: ramn (dialectal)
Old Danish: rafn
- Danish: ravn

References

hrafn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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