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
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
- (a raven): krummi m
Derived terms
- nátthrafn
- hrafntinna
See also
- kráka
- krummi
- krunka
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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