ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Photograph of the Järsberg stone

Etymology

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

Noun

ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ /hᵃrabᵃnaz/)

1. raven
   • 6th century, inscription on the Järsberg Runestone

     [ ]ᚢᛒᚨᛉᚺ[ᚨ]ᛁᛏᛖ᛬ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ
     [ ]ubazh[a]ite᛬harabanaz

     [ ]ubaz haitē, hᵃrabᵃnaz

     [ ]ubaz I am called. Raven.

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