ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz. The first and third a reflect svarabhakti (epenthetic) vowels; compare ᚢᚦᛡᚱᛡᛒᛡ (uþᴀrᴀbᴀ), ᛒᛡᚱᛁᚢᛏᛁᚦ (bᴀriutiþ).

Noun

ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ /hᵃraβᵃnaʀ/)

  1. raven
    • 6th century, inscription on the Järsberg Runestone
      [ ]ᚢᛒᚨᛉᚺ[ᚨ]ᛁᛏᛖ᛬ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ
      [ ]ubaʀh[a]ite:harabanaʀ
      /[ ]ubaʀ haitē, hᵃrabᵃnaʀ/
      [ ]ubaʀ I am called. Raven.

Descendants

  • Old Norse: hrafn, hramn
    • Icelandic: hrafn
    • Faroese: ravnur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) rabn, rabm, ravn
    • Old Swedish: rafn, ravn
      • Swedish: ravn (dialectal)
    • Old Danish: rafn
    • Old Norse: hramn