ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ
Proto-Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz. The first and third a reflect svarabhakti (epenthetic) vowels; compare ᚢᚦᛡᚱᛡᛒᛡ (uþᴀrᴀbᴀ), ᛒᛡᚱᛁᚢᛏᛁᚦ (bᴀriutiþ).
Noun
ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaz hᵃrabᵃnaz)
- raven
- 6th century, inscription on the Järsberg Runestone
- [ ]ᚢᛒᚨᛉᚺ[ᚨ]ᛁᛏᛖ᛬ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ
[ ]ubazh[a]ite᛬harabanaz- [ ]ubaz haitē, hᵃrabᵃnaz
- [ ]ubaz I am called. Raven.
- 6th century, inscription on the Järsberg Runestone
Descendants
- Old Norse: hrafn, hramn
- Icelandic: hrafn
- Faroese: ravnur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn, (dialectal) rabn, rabm, ravn
- Old Swedish: ramn, rampn, rafn
- Swedish: ramn, ramm (dialectal)
- Old Danish: rafn
- Danish: ravn
- Norwegian Bokmål: ravn
- Danish: ravn