hræfn

 

• hrefn, hræmn, hrem, hremn, hræfen

From Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz. Cognate with Old Frisian raven, Old Saxon hraƀan, Old Dutch ravan, Old High German raban, Old Norse hrafn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-, whence Latin corvus.

• IPA^(key): /xræfn/, [r̥ævn]

hræfn m

1. raven

   Synonym: nihthrōc

   • Date uncertain, unknown author, Finnsburh fragment lines 34-35:

     Hræfen wandrode
     sweart and salubrūn.

     A raven wandered
     black and dusky-brown.

Strong a-stem:

• hræfnsweart

• Middle English: raven, reven, revin
  • English: raven
  • Scots: ravin, revin, rawin