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)

  1. raven

Declension
declension of hrafn
m-s1 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

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

Alternative forms

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

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

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

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