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hræfn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hræfn, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §54; §219; §285; §293; §325;
A raven
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  • Hrefn

    corvus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 280, 33.
  • Hræmn,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8
    • ;
    • Som. 7, 35.
  • Blac hræm

    niger corvus,

    • 6
    • ;
    • Som. 4, 21
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 77, 13.
  • Noe ásende út ǽnne hremn se hremn fleáh ðá út and nolde eft ongeán cirran

    Noe dimisit corvum, qui egrediebatur et non revertebatur,

    • Gen. 8, 7.
  • Ðá wæs sum wild hrem ... hé ðá wearp ðam hremme ðone geǽttrodan hláf

    there was a wild raven ... he threw the poisoned bread to the raven,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 162, 21, 23.
  • Se wanna hrefn wælgífre fugel,

    • Judth. 11
    • ;
    • Thw. 24, 25
    • ;
    • Jud. 206
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 6041
    • ;
    • B. 3024.
  • Hrefn blaca,

    • 3606
    • ;
    • B. 1801.
  • Se swearta hrefn,

    • Soul Kmbl. 108
    • ;
    • >Seel. 54.
  • Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne slíteþ salwigpád sáwelleásne

    there shall the raven, dark-coated, pluck from him his eyes, shall tear him lifeless,

    • Exon. 87 b
    • ;
    • Th. 329, 18
    • ;
    • Vy. 36.
  • Hræfen wan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 104
    • ;
    • El. 52
    • :
    • Fins. Th. 69
    • ;
    • Fins. 34.
  • Ðǽr wæs se gúðfana genumen ðé hí ræfen héton

    there was the banner taken which they [the Danes] called the Raven

      [see Asser's life of Alfred under the year 878 for an account of this banner; and see further references in
    • Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict.
    • under hrafn ],
    • Chr. 878
    • ;
    • Erl. 81, 3.
  • Hrefnes briddum

    pullis corvorum,

    • Ps. Th. 146, 10.
  • His sunu hangaþ hrefne tó hróðre

    his son hangs a solace for the raven,

    • Beo. Th. 4887
    • ;
    • B. 2448.
  • Saluwigpádan ðone sweartan hræfn hyrnednebban

    the black raven, dusky-coated, hard-beaked,

    • Chr. 937
    • ;
    • Erl. 115, 10
    • ;
    • Æðelst. 61.
  • Hí læccaþ eallswá gýfre hremnas of holde dóþ

    they seize just as greedy ravens do from a corpse,

    • L. I. P. 19
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 328, 5.
  • Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 49
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 386, 3.
  • Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas

    considerate corvos,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 24.
Etymology
[
Laym. rem
:
Icel. hrafn, hramn
:
O. H. Ger. hraban, hram corvus, corax
:
Ger. rabe.
]
Derived forms
niht-hræfn
Linked entries
v.  hræm hrefn hrem hremn.
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  • hræfn, n.