ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

Noun

ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaz)

raven
- 6th century, inscription on the Järsberg Runestone:
  ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ᛬ ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ
  harabanaz᛬ haite
  Raven I am called

Descendants

Old Norse: hrafn, hramn
- Icelandic: hrafn
- Faroese: ravnur
- Norwegian:
  Norwegian Bokmål: ravn
  Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn
- Old Swedish: ramn, rampn
  - Swedish: ramn (dialectal)
- Old Danish: rafn
  - Danish: ravn

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