ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ)

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

     ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ᛬ ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ

     harabanaʀ: haite

     Raven I am called

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