hræfn

== Old English == === Alternative forms === hrefn, hræmn, hrem, hremn, hræfen === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xræfn/, [r̥ævn] === Noun === hræfn m raven Synonym: nihthrōc Date uncertain, unknown author, Finnsburh fragment lines 34-35: ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== hræfnsweart ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: raven, reven, revin English: raven Scots: ravin, revin, rawin