hrafn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hrafn (“a raven”), 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 Synonym: krummi ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nátthrafn hrafntinna ==== See also ==== kráka krummi krunka == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === hramn === Etymology === From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabnaʀ/hᵃraƀᵃnaʀ), 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 Synonym: korpr ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== blóðsvǫrr (literally blood-bird, a kenning) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hrafn Faroese: ravnur Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) rabn, rabm, ravn Old Swedish: rafn, ravn Swedish: ravn (dialectal) Old Danish: rafn Danish: ravn Norwegian Bokmål: ravn Old Norse: hramn Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn Old Swedish: ramn, rampn Swedish: ramn, ramm, ram (dialectal) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hrafn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive