Old English · noun

hræfn

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xræfn/
[r̥ævn]
Syllables: xræfn (1 syllable)
Modern English: raven

Meaning

raven

Hræfen wandrode

A raven wandered black and dusky-brown.
Date uncertain, unknown author, Finnsburh fragment lines 34-35

Declension

Declension of hræfn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hræfn	hræfnas
Accusative	hræfn	hræfnas
Genitive	hræfnes	hræfna
Dative	hræfne	hræfnum

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.

Descendants

raven

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